John Ford’s birth chart
Film directorBorn February 1, 1894, Cape Elizabeth, Maine, United StatesDied August 31, 1973
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonSagittariusor Capricorn
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down. Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun trine Neptune (close at 2.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn, the Free Spirit
Needs room to roam and a reason to be hopeful. Shakes off a bad mood with a joke or a long walk.
For a birth after 6:36 p.m., his Moon was in Capricorn.
How he loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond. Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
Venus square Pluto (wide at 3.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. His mind ran ahead of the conversation: he said the unexpected thing, and not everyone was ready to hear it.
Mercury square Uranus (exact at 0.0°)
What drove him
Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion
Energetic and bold, driven by belief. Aims high and sets off with enthusiasm. Drive and hope kept going in slightly different directions, and he aimed again and again.
Mars quincunx Jupiter (almost exact at 0.2°)
The shape of his chart
The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Ford was born four days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 15% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, 42 days after the December solstice.
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day John Ford was born, as it was on 41 days of 1894. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For John Ford, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1952 and 1953, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1923. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and John Ford
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 Aquarius
See allQuestions about his chart
What is John Ford’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. John Ford was born on February 1, 1894, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. A free mind with a strong sense of fairness. Friendly to everyone and hard to pin down.
What is John Ford’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius or Capricorn. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 6:36 p.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.
What is John Ford’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 February 1, 1894. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Ford’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How does your chart compare with John Ford’s?
Set your chart beside John Ford’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 Ford’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Los Angeles Daily News, 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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