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Magic Johnson’s birth chart

Basketball playerBorn August 14, 1959, Lansing, Michigan, United States

Warm, generous and made to be seen.

  • SunLeoThe Bright One
  • MoonCapricornor Sagittarius
  • VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Leo, the Bright One

    Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too. More sensitive to criticism than it looks. He reaches for more than one life can hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.

    The Sun square Jupiter (close at 1.9°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Capricorn or Sagittarius, the Steady Hand

    Handles feelings by getting on with things. Needs security, respect and quiet proof of being needed. Self-contained: he keeps his feelings in order, and he gives comfort in practical ways rather than in words.

    The Moon conjunction Saturn (almost exact at 0.2°) · For a birth before 10:19 a.m., his Moon was in Sagittarius.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic

    Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. Magnetic: affection and desire come together in him, and people notice.

    Venus conjunction Mars (almost exact at 0.1°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller

    Confident, warm and persuasive. Likes an audience and has the words to keep one. Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.

    Mercury square Neptune (wide at 3.4°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson

    Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step.

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through takes deliberate effort.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Magic Johnson was born four days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 82% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, 40 days before the September equinox.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Magic Johnson was born, as it was on 67 days of 1959. How often the famous were

  • Venus retrograde

    Venus was retrograde all the day Magic Johnson was born, as it was on 43 days of 1959. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Magic Johnson, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2017, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1988. The third begins in 2047. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Leo

You and Magic Johnson

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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.

Magic Johnson’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Magic Johnson’s zodiac sign?

Leo. Magic Johnson was born on August 14, 1959, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Warm, generous and made to be seen. Makes a room feel brighter and wants the people in it to shine too.

What is Magic Johnson’s Moon sign?

Capricorn or Sagittarius. The Moon moved from Sagittarius into Capricorn at 10:19 a.m. that day, local time: in Sagittarius for a birth before then, in Capricorn for one after.

What is Magic Johnson’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 August 14, 1959. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Magic Johnson’s Venus sign?

Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches.

How does your chart compare with Magic Johnson’s?

Set your chart beside Magic Johnson’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 Magic Johnson’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Daniel Benavides from Austin, TX, 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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