Muhammad Ali’s birth chart
BoxerBorn January 17, 1942, Louisville, Kentucky, United StatesDied June 3, 2016
Serious, capable and ambitious.
- SunCapricornThe Architect
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Capricorn, the Architect
Serious, capable and ambitious. Builds a life step by step, and gets more playful and lighter with age. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun trine Uranus (almost exact at 0.5°)
What he needed
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own.
How he loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different. Love felt like something to be earned, and he held back until he was sure of it.
Venus square Saturn (almost exact at 0.9°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury trine Jupiter (close at 1.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Steady, strong and very patient. He kept going long after others stopped. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars square Pluto (close at 1.9°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his feelings, his mind and his heart (the Moon, Mercury and Venus) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life drew his attention first. No water at all, so feelings came out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Muhammad Ali was born the day after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 1% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, twenty-six days after the December solstice.
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Muhammad Ali was born, as it was on 41 days of 1942. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Muhammad Ali, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2000, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1970 and 1971. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Capricorn
You and Muhammad Ali
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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
More with the Sun in Capricorn
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Muhammad Ali’s zodiac sign?
Capricorn. Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942, 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 Muhammad Ali’s Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own.
What is Muhammad Ali’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 January 17, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Muhammad Ali’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different.
How does your chart compare with Muhammad Ali’s?
Set your chart beside Muhammad Ali’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 Muhammad Ali’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Bernard Gotfryd, 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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