Jean-Michel Basquiat’s birth chart
ArtistBorn December 22, 1960, Park Slope, New York, United StatesDied August 12, 1988
Patient and determined.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonPiscesor Aquarius
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
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. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun trine Uranus (wide at 5.3°)
What he needed
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 11:48 a.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.
How he 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. He loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Venus square Neptune (wide at 3.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
A wide-ranging mind. Learns by asking, travelling and following a question as far as it goes. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury trine Uranus (close at 2.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Fights hardest for the people closest to him. Works best for a cause that feels personal. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Mars opposition Jupiter (almost exact at 0.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his optimism and his discipline (the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Capricorn, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Jean-Michel Basquiat was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 24% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 0 days after the December solstice.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day Jean-Michel Basquiat was born, as it was on 41 days of 1960. How often the famous were
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Jean-Michel Basquiat’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Jean-Michel Basquiat’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on December 22, 1960, 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 Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Moon sign?
Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 11:48 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
What is Jean-Michel Basquiat’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 December 22, 1960. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Jean-Michel Basquiat’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 Jean-Michel Basquiat’s?
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Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, 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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