James Earl Jones’ birth chart
ActorBorn January 17, 1931, Arkabutla, Mississippi, United StatesDied September 9, 2024
Patient and determined.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
- VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Patient and determined. Plays the long game, earns respect slowly, and grows warmer and more playful with the years. Nothing about him was halfway: he insisted on running his own life, and the struggle made him formidable.
The Sun opposition Pluto (wide at 7.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand
Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed. Self-contained: he kept his feelings in order, and he gave comfort in practical ways rather than in words.
The Moon conjunction Saturn (almost exact at 0.6°)
How he loved
Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer
Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion. Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus trine 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. He thought in pictures and music: his words carried a mood, and his imagination gave his ideas colour.
Mercury trine Neptune (almost exact at 0.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Confident, dramatic and courageous. Puts heart into every effort and likes to lead from the front. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his feelings, his mind and his discipline (the Sun, the Moon, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
James Earl Jones was born the day before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 1% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, twenty-six days after the December solstice.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day James Earl Jones was born, as it was on 67 days of 1931. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For James Earl Jones, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2019, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1990. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and James Earl Jones
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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.
James Earl Jones’ chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is James Earl Jones’ zodiac sign?
Capricorn. James Earl Jones was born on January 17, 1931, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Patient and determined. Plays the long game, earns respect slowly, and grows warmer and more playful with the years.
What is James Earl Jones’ Moon sign?
Capricorn, the Steady Hand. Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
What is James Earl Jones’ 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 17, 1931. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is James Earl Jones’ Venus sign?
Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.
How does your chart compare with James Earl Jones’?
Set your chart beside James Earl Jones’ 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 Earl Jones’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Kingkongphoto & www.celebrity-photos.com from Laurel, CC BY-SA 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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