Miles Davis’ birth chart
Jazz trumpeterBorn May 26, 1926, Alton, Illinois, United StatesDied September 28, 1991
Quick, curious and good company.
- SunGeminiThe Messenger
- MoonScorpioor Sagittarius
- VenusAriesThe Chaser
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Gemini, the Messenger
Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Uranus (wide at 5.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius, the Vault
Feels everything strongly and privately. Needs trust, loyalty and honesty above all. His head and his feelings argued: he knew what he thought before he knew what he felt, or the other way round.
The Moon opposition Mercury (almost exact at 0.8°) · For a birth after 9:14 p.m., his Moon was in Sagittarius.
How he loved
Venus in Aries, the Chaser
Falls fast and loves the chase. Wants passion, honesty and a partner who keeps up. He kept weighing pleasure against duty, and joy came once the work was done.
Venus quincunx Saturn (almost exact at 0.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker
Thinks things through at his own pace. Practical, patient and very hard to talk out of a view. Facts and dreams blurred together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details mattered.
Mercury square Neptune (close at 1.9°)
What drove him
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Moves by intuition and feeling. Finds strength in service and in standing up for someone else. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars trine Pluto (wide at 3.2°)
The shape of his chart
Saturn is the hub of his chart: it takes part in seven of its aspects, more than any other body, so his discipline touched everything else in it. In his chart, water signs hold the most planets: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Miles Davis was born the day before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 99% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, twenty-six days before the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Miles Davis, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1984 and 1985, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1955. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Gemini
You and Miles Davis
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
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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
Together, chart beside chart
More with the Sun in Gemini
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Miles Davis’ zodiac sign?
Gemini. Miles Davis was born on May 26, 1926, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Quick, curious and good company. Collects facts, friends and stories, and can talk to anyone about almost anything.
What is Miles Davis’ Moon sign?
Scorpio or Sagittarius. The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 9:14 p.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
What is Miles Davis’ 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 May 26, 1926. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Miles Davis’ Venus sign?
Aries, the Chaser. Falls fast and loves the chase. Wants passion, honesty and a partner who keeps up.
How does your chart compare with Miles Davis’?
Set your chart beside Miles Davis’ 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 Miles Davis’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Tom Palumbo from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 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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