Jerry West’s birth chart
Basketball playerBorn May 28, 1938, Chelyan, West Virginia, United StatesDied June 12, 2024
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonTaurusor Gemini
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun square Jupiter (wide at 5.3°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus or Gemini, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
For a birth after 9:52 p.m., his Moon was in Gemini.
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (wide at 3.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks slowly and solidly. A mind, once made up, stays made up. He thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
Mercury conjunction Uranus (close at 1.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Quick, clever and busy. Gets things done through talk, ideas and juggling several jobs. Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars square Neptune (wide at 5.4°)
The shape of his chart
Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Jerry West was born the day before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 1% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, twenty-four days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Jerry West, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1997 and 1998, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1968. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Jerry West
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
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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 Jerry West’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. Jerry West was born on May 28, 1938, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it.
What is Jerry West’s Moon sign?
Taurus or Gemini. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 9:52 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is Jerry West’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 28, 1938. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Jerry West’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.
How does your chart compare with Jerry West’s?
Set your chart beside Jerry West’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 West’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Malcolm W. Emmons, 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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