Leonard Cohen’s birth chart
SingerBorn September 21, 1934, Montreal, Quebec, CanadaDied November 7, 2016
Modest about a great deal of skill.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonPiscesor Aquarius
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard. A quiet strength: under pressure he grew more focused, and he knew how to start over.
The Sun sextile Pluto (close at 2.2°)
What he needed
Moon in Pisces or Aquarius, the Tide
Sensitive to everything and quick to sympathise. Finds rest in art, water, dreams and kind company.
For a birth before 12:14 a.m., his Moon was in Aquarius.
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)
How he thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
Weighs every side before speaking. Diplomatic, graceful and good at finding the words that keep the peace. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.
Mercury sextile Mars (wide at 3.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Full of fire and pride. Works hardest for a cause close to his heart and wants the effort to be seen.
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his heart and his imagination (the Sun, Venus and Neptune) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his attention first. In his chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Leonard Cohen was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, two days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Leonard Cohen, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1993, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1963 and 1964. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Leonard Cohen
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 Virgo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Leonard Cohen’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Leonard Cohen was born on September 21, 1934, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Modest about a great deal of skill. Cares through careful, useful help, and has a wit that catches people off guard.
What is Leonard Cohen’s Moon sign?
Pisces or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 12:14 a.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.
What is Leonard Cohen’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 September 21, 1934. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Leonard Cohen’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How does your chart compare with Leonard Cohen’s?
Set your chart beside Leonard Cohen’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 Leonard Cohen’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Gorupdebesanez, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
A correction, or a request to take this page down: hello@underyourstars.com.
To cite this page: Leonard Cohen’s birth chart, Under Your Stars, https://underyourstars.com/people/leonard-cohen