Kirk Hammett’s birth chart
GuitaristBorn November 18, 1962, San Francisco, California, United States
Private and powerful.
- SunScorpioThe Detective
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusScorpioThe Devotee
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Scorpio, the Detective
Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.
The Sun square the Moon (close at 2.9°)
What he needs
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return. His head and his feelings argue: he knows what he thinks before he knows what he feels, or the other way round.
The Moon square Mercury (almost exact at 0.9°)
How he loves
Venus in Scorpio, the Devotee
All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end. In love he wants tenderness and a chase at once, and his relationships are rarely calm.
Venus square Mars (almost exact at 0.8°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
Thinks in depth and wants the real story. Says little and notices everything. 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 3.8°)
What drives him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Confident, dramatic and courageous. Puts heart into every effort and likes to lead from the front. Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars square Neptune (wide at 3.6°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind, his heart and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Kirk Hammett was born seven days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 52% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 33 days before the December solstice.
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Kirk Hammett was born, as it was on 41 days of 1962. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Kirk Hammett, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2021, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1991 and 1992. The third begins in 2050. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Scorpio
You and Kirk Hammett
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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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What is Kirk Hammett’s zodiac sign?
Scorpio. Kirk Hammett was born on November 18, 1962, with the Sun in Scorpio, the Detective. Private and powerful. Sees past the surface, keeps secrets well and does nothing halfway.
What is Kirk Hammett’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Needs to feel loved, appreciated and a little special, and gives warmth generously in return.
What is Kirk Hammett’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 November 18, 1962. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Kirk Hammett’s Venus sign?
Scorpio, the Devotee. All or nothing in love. Feels intensely and stays loyal to the very end.
How does your chart compare with Kirk Hammett’s?
Set your chart beside Kirk Hammett’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 Kirk Hammett’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Ralph Arvesen, CC BY 2.0, 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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