Marc Bolan’s birth chart
GuitaristBorn September 30, 1947, Stoke Newington, United KingdomDied September 16, 1977
Fair, charming and good with people.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
The Sun opposition the Moon (close at 2.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on. His feelings and his imagination pulled in different directions: he lived between what was real and what he longed for.
The Moon opposition Neptune (close at 1.8°)
How he loved
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.
Venus sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Libra, the Mediator
A fair, sociable mind. Thinks best in conversation and dislikes a cruel word. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mercury square Mars (close at 1.2°)
What drove him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Fights hardest for the people closest to him. Works best for a cause that feels personal. Big drive and big confidence: he went after large goals, and his enthusiasm carried others along.
Mars trine Jupiter (wide at 4.2°)
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 Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Marc Bolan was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, six days after the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Marc Bolan, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1977, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Marc Bolan
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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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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Marc Bolan’s zodiac sign?
Libra. Marc Bolan was born on September 30, 1947, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.
What is Marc Bolan’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
What is Marc Bolan’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 30, 1947. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Marc Bolan’s Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals.
How does your chart compare with Marc Bolan’s?
Set your chart beside Marc Bolan’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 Marc Bolan’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: ABC Television, 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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