John Denver’s birth chart
SingerBorn December 31, 1943, Roswell, New Mexico, United StatesDied October 12, 1997
Responsible from an early age.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonPiscesThe Tide
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done. He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
The Sun quincunx Pluto (close at 1.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Pisces, the Tide
Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company.
How he loved
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
Loves intensely and loyally. Wants a close, honest bond and nothing less. He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.
Venus square Jupiter (almost exact at 0.6°)
How he thought
Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner
Practical, measured and dryly funny. Trusts experience over theory and gets to the point. The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and he kept checking one against the other.
Mercury quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.8°)
What drove him
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Busy, versatile and sharp. Gets moving through talk, travel and a steady supply of new plans. Electric: he acted on impulse, loved a risk and refused to be told what to do.
Mars conjunction Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Denver was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 27% lit, in Pisces. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, nine days after the December solstice.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day John Denver was born, as it was on 68 days of 1943. How often the famous were
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day John Denver was born, as it was on 65 days of 1943. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For John Denver, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1973, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and John Denver
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
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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Capricorn
See allQuestions about his chart
What is John Denver’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. John Denver was born on December 31, 1943, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Responsible from an early age. Takes the climb seriously and has a dry humour that comes out once the work is done.
What is John Denver’s Moon sign?
Pisces, the Tide. Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company.
What is John Denver’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 31, 1943. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Denver’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. Loves intensely and loyally. Wants a close, honest bond and nothing less.
How does your chart compare with John Denver’s?
Set your chart beside John Denver’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 Denver’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: ABC Television, 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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