John Paul II’s birth chart
PopeBorn May 18, 1920, Holy Father John Paul II Family Home in Wadowice, PolandDied April 2, 2005
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle.
- SunTaurusThe Gardener
- MoonTaurusor Gemini
- VenusTaurusThe Keeper
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Taurus, the Gardener
Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last. Born near a new Moon, so what he wanted and what he needed moved as one: single-minded, and hard to talk out of anything.
The Sun conjunction the Moon (close at 2.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Taurus or Gemini, the Hearth
Settled by simple, solid comforts: a good meal, a quiet evening, the same people year after year.
For a birth after 1:13 p.m., his Moon was in Gemini.
How he loved
Venus in Taurus, the Keeper
Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch. Words with charm in them: he had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to him.
Mercury conjunction Venus (wide at 3.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks slowly and solidly. A mind, once made up, stays made up. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 9.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Gets things done through people, charm and fairness. Prefers teamwork to a fight, and fights hardest for others.
The shape of his chart
In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
John Paul II was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, 34 days before the June solstice.
Mars retrograde
Mars was retrograde all the day John Paul II was born, as it was on 78 days of 1920. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For John Paul II, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1978, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1948 and 1949. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Taurus
You and John Paul II
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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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Questions about his chart
What is John Paul II’s zodiac sign?
Taurus. John Paul II was born on May 18, 1920, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Unhurried, warm and hard to rattle. Has a gift for comfort, beauty and making things that last.
What is John Paul II’s Moon sign?
Taurus or Gemini. The Moon moved from Taurus into Gemini at 1:13 p.m. that day, local time: in Taurus for a birth before then, in Gemini for one after.
What is John Paul II’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 18, 1920. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is John Paul II’s Venus sign?
Taurus, the Keeper. Loves slowly, loyally and through the senses. Once someone is let in, they stay in, and they are cared for in ways they can touch.
How does your chart compare with John Paul II’s?
Set your chart beside John Paul II’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 Paul II’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Unknown author, CC BY 3.0 pl, 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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