James Horner’s birth chart
Film composerBorn August 14, 1953, Los Angeles, California, United StatesDied June 22, 2015
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along. His moods changed without warning, and he wanted closeness and room to breathe at the same time.
The Moon square Uranus (wide at 3.1°)
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Shows love by looking after people. Needs a partner who feels like a safe harbour.
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mercury conjunction Mars (wide at 7.3°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it.
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his drive and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
James Horner was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 22% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 39 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For James Horner, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2011, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1982. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and James Horner
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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 Horner’s zodiac sign?
Leo. James Horner was born on August 14, 1953, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is James Horner’s Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.
What is James Horner’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 August 14, 1953. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is James Horner’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Shows love by looking after people. Needs a partner who feels like a safe harbour.
How does your chart compare with James Horner’s?
Set your chart beside James Horner’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 Horner’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: FERT98, 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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