John Carpenter’s birth chart
FilmmakerBorn January 16, 1948, Carthage, New York, United States
Serious, capable and ambitious.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonPiscesor Aries
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. His purpose and his feelings are on the same side: the life he chooses and the comfort he needs go together.
The Sun sextile the Moon (close at 1.4°)
What he needs
Moon in Pisces or Aries, the Tide
Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company. His moods change without warning, and he wants closeness and room to breathe at the same time.
The Moon square Uranus (close at 1.2°) · For a birth after 11:44 p.m., his Moon was in Aries.
How he loves
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves as a friend first. Values honesty, freedom and a partner who is fully his own person. He loves the unusual: original taste, unexpected friendships and a style all his own.
Venus trine Uranus (wide at 5.4°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 8.4°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right.
The shape of his chart
Saturn is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his discipline touches everything else in it. In his chart, air signs hold the most planets: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Carpenter was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 24% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, twenty-five days after the December solstice.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day John Carpenter was born, as it was on 81 days of 1948. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For John Carpenter, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2006 and 2007, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1977. The third begins in 2036. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and John Carpenter
Would you be friends? Is there 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
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
John Carpenter’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Capricorn
See allQuestions about his chart
What is John Carpenter’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. John Carpenter was born on January 16, 1948, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age.
What is John Carpenter’s Moon sign?
Pisces or Aries. The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 11:44 p.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
What is John Carpenter’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 16, 1948. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Carpenter’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves as a friend first. Values honesty, freedom and a partner who is fully his own person.
How does your chart compare with John Carpenter’s?
Set your chart beside John Carpenter’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 John Carpenter’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Kyle Cassidy, 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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