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Geezer Butler’s birth chart

BassistBorn July 17, 1949, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Tender under a careful shell.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.

    The Sun opposition Jupiter (wide at 3.1°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame

    Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move. His feelings run deep and hold steady: he comes through hard times with more strength than he goes in with.

    The Moon trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.4°)

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him. He puts people at ease without trying: kindness and charm come from the same place.

    The Moon trine Venus (close at 2.9°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

    Thinks through feeling and memory. Listens well and remembers exactly how something was said. Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.

    Mercury square Neptune (close at 1.2°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker

    Restless, quick and clever. Does several things at once and wins with words. Drive and hope keep going in slightly different directions, and he aims again and again.

    Mars quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.6°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Geezer Butler was born seven days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 57% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Sunday, twenty-five days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Geezer Butler, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2007 and 2008, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1978. The third begins in 2037. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and Geezer Butler

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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.

Geezer Butler’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Geezer Butler’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. Geezer Butler was born on July 17, 1949, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.

What is Geezer Butler’s Moon sign?

Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.

What is Geezer Butler’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 July 17, 1949. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Geezer Butler’s Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Grand in affection and fiercely loyal. Likes to celebrate the people dearest to him.

How does your chart compare with Geezer Butler’s?

Set your chart beside Geezer Butler’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 Geezer Butler’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Stefan Brending ( 2eight ), 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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