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Jan Harlan’s birth chart

Executive producerBorn May 5, 1937, Karlsruhe, Germany

Calm, patient and loyal.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonPiscesor Aquarius
  • VenusAriesThe Chaser

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Taurus, the Gardener

    Calm, patient and loyal. Grows good things slowly and keeps them for years. Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.

    The Sun trine Neptune (close at 1.8°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Pisces or Aquarius, the Tide

    Soaks up the feelings around him. Needs gentleness, music and time alone to come back to himself.

    For a birth before 2:58 a.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Aries, the Chaser

    Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit. Love comes with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stands.

    Venus square Pluto (wide at 6.9°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker

    A steady, sensible mind. Learns by doing and remembers what was learned. A probing mind: he gets to the bottom of things, and his words have power when he chooses to use them.

    Mercury sextile Pluto (wide at 3.2°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion

    Energetic and bold, driven by belief. Aims high and sets off with enthusiasm. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.

    Mars trine Saturn (close at 1.8°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life draws his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Jan Harlan was born five days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 32% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, 45 days after the March equinox.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Jan Harlan was born, as it was on 78 days of 1937. How often the famous were

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Jan Harlan was born, as it was on 42 days of 1937. How often the famous were

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Jan Harlan was born, as it was on 73 days of 1937. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Jan Harlan, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2025 and 2026, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1996. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Taurus

You and Jan Harlan

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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.

Jan Harlan’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Jan Harlan’s zodiac sign?

Taurus. Jan Harlan was born on May 5, 1937, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Calm, patient and loyal. Grows good things slowly and keeps them for years.

What is Jan Harlan’s Moon sign?

Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 2:58 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.

What is Jan Harlan’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 May 5, 1937. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Jan Harlan’s Venus sign?

Aries, the Chaser. Loves boldly and makes the first move. Wants excitement, honesty and a partner with spirit.

How does your chart compare with Jan Harlan’s?

Set your chart beside Jan Harlan’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 Jan Harlan’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Librairie Mollat, 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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