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Gordon Lightfoot’s birth chart

Singer-songwriterBorn November 17, 1938, Orillia, Ontario, CanadaDied May 1, 2023

Intense, private and loyal.

  • SunScorpioThe Detective
  • MoonLibraor Virgo
  • VenusScorpioThe Devotee

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Scorpio, the Detective

    Intense, private and loyal. Wants the real story, not the polite one, and gives all or nothing. Funnier than people expect, and kinder in private than in public. He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.

    The Sun square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Libra or Virgo, the Peacemaker

    Unsettled by conflict and soothed by kindness. Needs good company and a sense that things are fair.

    For a birth before 6:04 a.m., his Moon was in Virgo.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee

    Loves intensely and loyally. Wants a close, honest bond and nothing less. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.

    Venus trine Pluto (close at 2.6°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher

    A wide-ranging mind. Learns by asking, travelling and following a question as far as it goes. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.

    Mercury sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.2°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Libra, the Negotiator

    Gets things done through people, charm and fairness. Prefers teamwork to a fight, and fights hardest for others. Effort and restlessness kept catching each other off guard, and his plans changed at short notice.

    Mars quincunx Uranus (almost exact at 0.7°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touched everything else in it.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Gordon Lightfoot was born four days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 19% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Thursday, 34 days before the December solstice.

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Gordon Lightfoot was born, as it was on 41 days of 1938. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Gordon Lightfoot, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1997, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1967 and 1968. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Scorpio

You and Gordon Lightfoot

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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.

Gordon Lightfoot’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Gordon Lightfoot’s zodiac sign?

Scorpio. Gordon Lightfoot was born on November 17, 1938, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Intense, private and loyal. Wants the real story, not the polite one, and gives all or nothing.

What is Gordon Lightfoot’s Moon sign?

Libra or Virgo. The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 6:04 a.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.

What is Gordon Lightfoot’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 November 17, 1938. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Gordon Lightfoot’s Venus sign?

Scorpio, the Devotee. Loves intensely and loyally. Wants a close, honest bond and nothing less.

How does your chart compare with Gordon Lightfoot’s?

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

Photo: Arnielee, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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