Janis Joplin’s birth chart
SingerBorn January 19, 1943, Port Arthur, Texas, United StatesDied October 4, 1970
Responsible from an early age.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done. Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun trine Uranus (close at 2.0°)
What she needed
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness.
How she loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different. Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 4.7°)
How she thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Clever, unusual and ahead of the moment. Loves ideas for their own sake and thinks about everyone, not only the few. Her words had force: she spoke to persuade, and she kept her own counsel until the right moment.
Mercury opposition Pluto (wide at 3.1°)
What drove her
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Adventurous and principled. Throws herself behind big causes and what is right.
The shape of her chart
The weight of her chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Janis Joplin was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, twenty-eight days after the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Janis Joplin was born, as it was on 68 days of 1943. How often the famous were
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Signs that click with Capricorn
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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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What is Janis Joplin’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done.
What is Janis Joplin’s Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness.
What is Janis Joplin’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 January 19, 1943. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Janis Joplin’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different.
How does your chart compare with Janis Joplin’s?
Set your chart beside Janis Joplin’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 Janis Joplin’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation, 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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