Joe Strummer’s birth chart
SingerBorn August 21, 1952, Ankara, TurkeyDied December 22, 2002
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him. He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
The Sun square Mars (close at 2.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. He loved the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Venus sextile Uranus (close at 2.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. A patient, exact mind: he chose every word, and his thinking got sharper with practice.
Mercury sextile Saturn (close at 2.9°)
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Quietly powerful. Works in private, holds nothing back, and does not give up. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars square Pluto (wide at 4.8°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his intensity (the Sun, Mercury and Pluto) gather in Leo, and that part of life drew his attention first.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Joe Strummer was born the day after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 1% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 32 days before the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Joe Strummer was born, as it was on 67 days of 1952. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Joe Strummer, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1981, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Joe Strummer
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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 Joe Strummer’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Joe Strummer was born on August 21, 1952, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.
What is Joe Strummer’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.
What is Joe Strummer’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 21, 1952. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Joe Strummer’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches.
How does your chart compare with Joe Strummer’s?
Set your chart beside Joe Strummer’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 Joe Strummer’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: John Coffey, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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