Jerry Garcia’s birth chart
GuitaristBorn August 1, 1942, San Francisco, California, United StatesDied August 9, 1995
Warm, generous and made to be seen.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too. More sensitive to criticism than it looks. Purpose and patience worked as a team: he built slowly and got better with every year.
The Sun sextile Saturn (close at 1.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move. His feelings ran large: he wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Moon square Jupiter (close at 2.0°)
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging. A generous heart: love and good company came to him easily, and he shared both.
Venus conjunction Jupiter (almost exact at 0.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with flair and conviction. Thinks in bold strokes and tells a story everyone remembers. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 1.3°)
What drove him
Mars in Virgo or Leo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.
Mars square Uranus (wide at 3.7°) · For a birth before 1:27 a.m., his Mars was in Leo.
The shape of his chart
Uranus is the hub of his chart: it takes part in seven of its aspects, more than any other body, so his independence touched everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Jerry Garcia was born five days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 71% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, 40 days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Jerry Garcia, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1972, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Jerry Garcia
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
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
More with the Sun in Leo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Jerry Garcia’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Jerry Garcia was born on August 1, 1942, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too.
What is Jerry Garcia’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.
What is Jerry Garcia’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 1, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Jerry Garcia’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging.
How does your chart compare with Jerry Garcia’s?
Set your chart beside Jerry Garcia’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 Jerry Garcia’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Carl Lender, CC BY 2.0, 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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