Dirk Nowitzki’s birth chart
Basketball playerBorn June 19, 1978, Würzburg, Germany
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonSagittariusThe Free Spirit
- VenusLeoThe Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.
The Sun sextile Saturn (close at 1.6°)
What he needs
Moon in Sagittarius, the Free Spirit
Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.
How he loves
Venus in Leo, the Romantic
Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return.
How he thinks
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines. A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.
Mercury sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.9°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. His purpose and his drive work together: once he decides on something, he moves on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (wide at 5.1°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in four of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touches everything else in it. In his chart, fire signs hold the most planets: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Dirk Nowitzki was born the day before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit, in Sagittarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, two days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Dirk Nowitzki, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2007, at 29: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2036. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Dirk Nowitzki
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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
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What is Dirk Nowitzki’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Dirk Nowitzki was born on June 19, 1978, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it.
What is Dirk Nowitzki’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius, the Free Spirit. Restless and good-humoured. Feels best with a plan for the next adventure and the freedom to change it.
What is Dirk Nowitzki’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 June 19, 1978. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Dirk Nowitzki’s Venus sign?
Leo, the Romantic. Loves with warmth, pride and a generous heart. Wants romance, admiration and loyalty in return.
How does your chart compare with Dirk Nowitzki’s?
Set your chart beside Dirk Nowitzki’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 Dirk Nowitzki’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Sven Mandel, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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