Marvin Gaye’s birth chart
Soul singerBorn April 2, 1939, Washington, D.C., District of Columbia, United StatesDied April 1, 1984
Built to begin.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Built to begin. Says yes before the plan is finished and gets everyone else moving. His mind and his identity were close together: he spoke as he thought, and his ideas were part of who he was.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (close at 1.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time. His feelings ran large: he wanted more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gave.
The Moon opposition Jupiter (almost exact at 0.7°)
How he loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Gentle, devoted and full of feeling. Wants a love with a little magic in it. Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Mars (wide at 4.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aries, the Spark
Thinks fast and speaks plainly. Ideas arrive whole and leave his mouth a second later. Serious thoughts: he said less than he knew, and what he said held up.
Mercury conjunction Saturn (wide at 6.7°)
What drove him
Mars in Capricorn, the Achiever
Disciplined and steady. Plans the route, does the work and gets there in the end. He fought hard for what he wanted, and his temper was part of his courage.
The Sun square Mars (wide at 5.3°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Marvin Gaye was born the day before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twelve days after the March equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Marvin Gaye was born, as it was on 67 days of 1939. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Marvin Gaye, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1968 and 1969, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
You and Marvin Gaye
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 Aries
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Marvin Gaye’s zodiac sign?
Aries. Marvin Gaye was born on April 2, 1939, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Built to begin. Says yes before the plan is finished and gets everyone else moving.
What is Marvin Gaye’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time.
What is Marvin Gaye’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 April 2, 1939. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Marvin Gaye’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Gentle, devoted and full of feeling. Wants a love with a little magic in it.
How does your chart compare with Marvin Gaye’s?
Set your chart beside Marvin Gaye’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 Marvin Gaye’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Jim Britt, for Motown Records, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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