Eddie Van Halen’s birth chart
Rock guitaristBorn January 26, 1955, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsDied October 6, 2020
Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonPiscesor Aquarius
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic. Asks why things are done this way and imagines a better one. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (close at 2.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Pisces or Aquarius, the Tide
Soaks up the feelings around him. Needs gentleness, music and time alone to come back to himself.
For a birth before 3:11 a.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves openly and with good humour. Needs freedom, honesty and someone to explore the world with.
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and he kept checking one against the other.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.5°)
What drove him
Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer
All drive, courage and quick starts. Goes first, acts fast, and is at his best when something needs doing now.
The shape of his chart
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Eddie Van Halen was born two days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 6% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, 35 days after the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Eddie Van Halen, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2013 and 2014, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1984. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and Eddie Van Halen
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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.
Eddie Van Halen’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Aquarius
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Eddie Van Halen’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. Eddie Van Halen was born on January 26, 1955, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic. Asks why things are done this way and imagines a better one.
What is Eddie Van Halen’s Moon sign?
Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 3:11 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
What is Eddie Van Halen’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 January 26, 1955. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Eddie Van Halen’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 Eddie Van Halen’s?
Set your chart beside Eddie Van Halen’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 Eddie Van Halen’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Carl Lender, 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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