Mark Knopfler’s birth chart
MusicianBorn August 12, 1949, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonAriesor Pisces
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. Intensity at the centre: he wants the whole truth about everything, himself first, and he remakes himself more than once to reach it.
The Sun conjunction Pluto (wide at 3.1°)
What he needs
Moon in Aries or Pisces, the Quick Flame
Quick to feel and quick to forgive. Needs to say it, do something about it and move on.
For a birth before 11:20 a.m., his Moon was in Pisces.
How he loves
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Modest in love and devoted to the bone. Proves feelings through actions rather than speeches. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (wide at 4.2°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst
A careful, exact mind. Spots the flaw, fixes the plan and gets the wording just right. Serious thoughts: he says less than he knows, and what he says holds up.
Mercury conjunction Saturn (close at 1.5°)
What drives him
Mars in Cancer, the Defender
Driven by feeling. Goes the furthest for something personal, and guards home fiercely. Drive and dreams mix uneasily: the goal is clear to him, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars square Neptune (almost exact at 0.4°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his heart and his discipline (Mercury, Venus and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life draws 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
Mark Knopfler was born four days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 88% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Friday, 41 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Mark Knopfler, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2007 and 2008, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1978. The third begins in 2037. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Mark Knopfler
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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 Mark Knopfler’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Mark Knopfler was born on August 12, 1949, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is Mark Knopfler’s Moon sign?
Aries or Pisces. The Moon moved from Pisces into Aries at 11:20 a.m. that day, local time: in Pisces for a birth before then, in Aries for one after.
What is Mark Knopfler’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 12, 1949. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Mark Knopfler’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 Mark Knopfler’s?
Set your chart beside Mark Knopfler’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 Mark Knopfler’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Sebastien.gross, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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