Chet Baker’s birth chart
Jazz trumpeterBorn December 23, 1929, Yale, Oklahoma, United StatesDied May 13, 1988
Serious, capable and ambitious.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. Serious from early on: purpose and duty were one thing to him, and he treated his own life as work to be done well.
The Sun conjunction Saturn (close at 1.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace. Needs beauty, balance and someone to share things with. Good-hearted and generous: he felt looked after by life, and he passed that on.
The Moon trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.7°)
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with. Affection and the need for control kept getting in each other’s way, and trust took him time.
Venus quincunx Pluto (close at 1.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner
A disciplined, realistic mind. Thinks in steps, plans for the long run and says only what is needed. His words had force: he spoke to persuade, and he kept his own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury opposition Pluto (close at 3.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Goes after big goals with enthusiasm and a strong sense of right. Magnetic: affection and desire came together in him, and people noticed.
Venus conjunction Mars (wide at 5.0°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Chet Baker was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 43% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, one day after the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Chet Baker, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1988, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1959. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and Chet Baker
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Capricorn
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Chet Baker’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Chet Baker was born on December 23, 1929, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age.
What is Chet Baker’s Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Feels most at peace when the people around him are at peace.
What is Chet Baker’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on December 23, 1929. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Chet Baker’s Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with.
How does your chart compare with Chet Baker’s?
Set your chart beside Chet Baker’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Chet Baker’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Studio Harcourt., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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