James Ellroy’s birth chart
NovelistBorn March 4, 1948, Los Angeles, California, United States
Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonCapricornThe Steady Hand
- VenusAriesThe Chaser
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel. People leave a conversation with him feeling understood. He keeps rebuilding himself to fit what life asks, and control is the hardest thing to give up.
The Sun quincunx Pluto (close at 1.1°)
What he needs
Moon in Capricorn, the Steady Hand
Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed.
How he loves
Venus in Aries, the Chaser
Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.3°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Mercury opposition Mars (almost exact at 0.4°)
What drives him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to his heart and wants the effort to be seen. Quick and inventive in action: he moves fast, breaks with habit and makes sudden changes work.
Mars sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his discipline and his intensity (Mars, Saturn and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
James Ellroy was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 30% lit, in Capricorn. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, fifteen days before the March equinox.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day James Ellroy was born, as it was on 81 days of 1948. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For James Ellroy, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2006, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1977. The third begins in 2035. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
You and James Ellroy
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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 Ellroy’s zodiac sign?
Pisces. James Ellroy was born on March 4, 1948, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Imaginative, gentle and very aware of how others feel. People leave a conversation with him feeling understood.
What is James Ellroy’s 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 Ellroy’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 March 4, 1948. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is James Ellroy’s Venus sign?
Aries, the Chaser. Falls quickly and wholeheartedly. Needs passion and a little challenge to stay interested.
How does your chart compare with James Ellroy’s?
Set your chart beside James Ellroy’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 Ellroy’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Guillaume Paumier, CC BY 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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