James Dean’s birth chart
ActorBorn February 8, 1931, Marion, Indiana, United StatesDied September 30, 1955
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonScorpioThe Vault
- VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down. He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
The Sun quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.2°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio, the Vault
Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.
How he loved
Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner
Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting. What he found beautiful and what he desired kept parting ways, and love took some working out.
Venus quincunx Mars (exact at 0.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner
Practical, measured and dryly funny. Trusts experience over theory and gets to the point. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mercury opposition Mars (wide at 6.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Confident, dramatic and courageous. Puts heart into every effort and likes to lead from the front.
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his discipline (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
James Dean was born six days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 60% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 40 days before the March equinox.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day James Dean was born, as it was on 67 days of 1931. How often the famous were
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Signs that click with Aquarius
You and James Dean
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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 James Dean’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down.
What is James Dean’s Moon sign?
Scorpio, the Vault. Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all.
What is James Dean’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 February 8, 1931. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is James Dean’s Venus sign?
Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting.
How does your chart compare with James Dean’s?
Set your chart beside James Dean’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 James Dean’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: In-house publicity still, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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