Martin Cooper
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Martin Cooper’s birth chart

EngineerBorn December 26, 1928, Chicago, Illinois, United States

Serious, capable and ambitious.

  • SunCapricornThe Architect
  • MoonCanceror Gemini
  • VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Capricorn, the Architect

    Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.

    The Sun opposition the Moon (close at 1.1°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Cancer or Gemini, the Nest-Maker

    Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness. His moods change without warning, and he wants closeness and room to breathe at the same time.

    The Moon square Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°) · For a birth before 6:17 a.m., his Moon was in Gemini.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit

    Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness. Affection and the need for control keep getting in each other’s way, and trust takes him time.

    Venus quincunx Pluto (almost exact at 0.1°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner

    Practical, measured and dryly funny. Trusts experience over theory and gets to the point. 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 4.7°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker

    Busy, versatile and sharp. Gets moving through talk, travel and a steady supply of new plans. Big drive and big confidence: he goes after large goals, and his enthusiasm carries others along.

    Mars sextile Jupiter (close at 3.0°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Martin Cooper was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Wednesday, four days after the December solstice.

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Martin Cooper was born, as it was on 50 days of 1928. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Martin Cooper, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2017, at 88: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1987. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Capricorn

You and Martin Cooper

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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.

Martin Cooper’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Martin Cooper’s zodiac sign?

Capricorn. Martin Cooper was born on December 26, 1928, with the Sun in Capricorn, the Architect. Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age.

What is Martin Cooper’s Moon sign?

Cancer or Gemini. The Moon moved from Gemini into Cancer at 6:17 a.m. that day, local time: in Gemini for a birth before then, in Cancer for one after.

What is Martin Cooper’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 December 26, 1928. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Martin Cooper’s Venus sign?

Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness.

How does your chart compare with Martin Cooper’s?

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

Photo: Rico Shen, 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.

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