John F. Kennedy’s birth chart
PresidentBorn May 29, 1917, John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site, Massachusetts, United StatesDied November 22, 1963
A mind that won’t sit still.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusGeminiThe Charmer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled. Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun sextile Neptune (wide at 5.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Feels calm when things are in order and useful. Shows care through small, practical help. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.
The Moon square Venus (almost exact at 0.9°)
How he loved
Venus in Gemini, the Charmer
Falls for a clever mind. Needs conversation, laughter and variety in love. Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to his core.
The Sun conjunction Venus (wide at 8.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks things through at his own pace. Practical, patient and very hard to talk out of a view. He thought fast and spoke faster: his mind liked a contest, and his words had an edge.
Mercury conjunction Mars (close at 2.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Slow to start and impossible to stop. He worked steadily, built things to last and did not give up under pressure. His feelings turned straight into action: when something mattered, he did something about it.
The Moon trine Mars (close at 2.6°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his drive and his optimism (Mercury, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John F. Kennedy was born seven days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 57% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, twenty-three days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For John F. Kennedy, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1946, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and John F. Kennedy
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.
John F. Kennedy’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
More with the Sun in Gemini
See allQuestions about his chart
What is John F. Kennedy’s zodiac sign?
Gemini. John F. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. A mind that won’t sit still. Lights up at a new idea and loves passing it on before it has cooled.
What is John F. Kennedy’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Feels calm when things are in order and useful. Shows care through small, practical help.
What is John F. Kennedy’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 29, 1917. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John F. Kennedy’s Venus sign?
Gemini, the Charmer. Falls for a clever mind. Needs conversation, laughter and variety in love.
How does your chart compare with John F. Kennedy’s?
Set your chart beside John F. Kennedy’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 F. Kennedy’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Cecil W. Stoughton, 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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