J. K. Simmons
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J. K. Simmons’ birth chart

ActorBorn January 9, 1955, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Responsible from an early age.

  • SunCapricornThe Architect
  • MoonLeoor Cancer
  • VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Capricorn, the Architect

    Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done. Purpose and patience work as a team: he builds slowly and gets better with every year.

    The Sun sextile Saturn (almost exact at 0.4°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Leo or Cancer, the Warm Heart

    Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back. He puts people at ease without trying: kindness and charm come from the same place.

    The Moon trine Venus (close at 1.4°) · For a birth before 4:42 a.m., his Moon was in Cancer.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer

    Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans. Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.

    Venus square Pluto (wide at 6.5°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner

    A disciplined, realistic mind. Thinks in steps, plans for the long run and says only what is needed. Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.

    Mercury square Neptune (almost exact at 0.2°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior

    Works from instinct and compassion. Fights for others more easily than for himself. Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.

    Mars trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    The weight of his chart sits in water signs: feeling and intuition.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    J. K. Simmons was born the day after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 98% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Sunday, eighteen days after the December solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For J. K. Simmons, 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. The third begins in 2043. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Capricorn

You and J. K. Simmons

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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.

J. K. Simmons’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is J. K. Simmons’ zodiac sign?

Capricorn. J. K. Simmons was born on January 9, 1955, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done.

What is J. K. Simmons’ Moon sign?

Leo or Cancer. The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 4:42 a.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.

What is J. K. Simmons’ 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 9, 1955. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is J. K. Simmons’ Venus sign?

Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Warm, adventurous and hard to fence in. Falls for laughter, big ideas and wide-open plans.

How does your chart compare with J. K. Simmons’?

Set your chart beside J. K. Simmons’ 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 J. K. Simmons’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Jay Dixit, 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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