Don McLean’s birth chart
Singer-songwriterBorn October 2, 1945, New Rochelle, New York, United States
Fair, charming and good with people.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonLeoor Virgo
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.2°)
What he needs
Moon in Leo or Virgo, the Warm Heart
Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.
For a birth after 12:34 p.m., his Moon was in Virgo.
How he loves
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Shows love through care, help and attention to small things. Charm and desire work together: he knows what he wants in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Mars (wide at 4.0°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
Weighs every side before speaking. Diplomatic, graceful and good at finding the words that keep the peace. He loves ideas, the bigger the better, and he can talk anyone into hoping.
Mercury conjunction Jupiter (close at 1.2°)
What drives him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Protective to the core. Puts every ounce of strength behind family and the people dearest to him. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Mercury square Mars (wide at 4.5°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his optimism and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Don McLean was born four days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 11% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, nine days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Don McLean, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2004 and 2005, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1975. The third begins in 2034. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Don McLean
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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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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Don McLean’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Don McLean was born on October 2, 1945, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.
What is Don McLean’s Moon sign?
Leo or Virgo. The Moon moved from Leo into Virgo at 12:34 p.m. that day, local time: in Leo for a birth before then, in Virgo for one after.
What is Don McLean’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 October 2, 1945. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Don McLean’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Shows love through care, help and attention to small things.
How does your chart compare with Don McLean’s?
Set your chart beside Don McLean’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 Don McLean’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: A Howard, CC BY 2.0, 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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