David Knopfler’s birth chart
MusicianBorn December 27, 1952, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Serious, capable and ambitious.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonTaurusThe Hearth
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.
The Sun trine Jupiter (wide at 5.4°)
What he needs
Moon in Taurus, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year. He loves hard and holds on hard, and letting go takes him a long time.
The Moon square Pluto (close at 1.1°)
How he loves
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different. What comforts him and what he loves are different things, so his heart and his moods keep negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (close at 2.2°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
A wide-ranging mind. Learns by asking, travelling and following a question as far as it goes. Ordinary logic and sudden insight need constant translating, and he spends time explaining how he gets there.
Mercury quincunx Uranus (close at 1.2°)
What drives him
Mars in Aquarius, the Rebel
Driven by ideas and causes. Breaks with convention and pushes for something new. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mars trine Saturn (close at 1.4°)
The shape of his chart
Venus is the hub of his chart: it takes part in seven of its aspects, more than any other body, so his heart touches everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
David Knopfler was born four days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 86% lit, in Taurus. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, five days after the December solstice.
Saturn return
For David Knopfler, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2011 and 2012, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1982. The third begins in 2041. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
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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.
David Knopfler’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is David Knopfler’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. David Knopfler was born on December 27, 1952, 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 David Knopfler’s Moon sign?
Taurus, the Hearth. Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
What is David Knopfler’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 27, 1952. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is David Knopfler’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different.
How does your chart compare with David Knopfler’s?
Set your chart beside David Knopfler’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 David Knopfler’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Trojan Horace, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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