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Nicko McBrain’s birth chart

DrummerBorn June 5, 1952, London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom

Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question.

  • SunGeminiThe Messenger
  • MoonScorpioThe Vault
  • VenusGeminiThe Charmer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Gemini, the Messenger

    Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it. Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.

    The Sun trine Neptune (wide at 4.4°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Scorpio, the Vault

    Feels hard and shows little. Needs loyalty, privacy and a few people worth trusting completely. His feelings run large: he wants more comfort, more company and more of everything than any one day gives.

    The Moon opposition Jupiter (almost exact at 0.4°)

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Gemini, the Charmer

    Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match. Words with charm in them: he has an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people like listening to him.

    Mercury conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.8°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit

    Fast, curious and funny. Thinks out loud and collects ideas from everywhere. A patient, exact mind: he chooses every word, and his thinking gets sharper with practice.

    Mercury trine Saturn (close at 2.0°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist

    Intense, strategic and relentless. Keeps a goal close and doesn’t let it go. He takes on more than any one person can, and his boldness runs ahead of his plans.

    Mars opposition Jupiter (wide at 7.3°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Gemini, and that part of life draws his attention first. Most of his planets are in air signs: ideas and people.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Nicko McBrain was born three days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 90% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Thursday, sixteen days before the June solstice.

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Nicko McBrain was born, as it was on 77 days of 1952. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Nicko McBrain, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2010, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1980 and 1981. The third begins in 2039. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Gemini

You and Nicko McBrain

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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.

Nicko McBrain’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Nicko McBrain’s zodiac sign?

Gemini. Nicko McBrain was born on June 5, 1952, with the Sun in Gemini, the Messenger. Lit up by ideas, people and the next good question. Happiest when there is something new to learn and someone to tell about it.

What is Nicko McBrain’s Moon sign?

Scorpio, the Vault. Feels hard and shows little. Needs loyalty, privacy and a few people worth trusting completely.

What is Nicko McBrain’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 June 5, 1952. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Nicko McBrain’s Venus sign?

Gemini, the Charmer. Playful, curious and charming in love. Wants variety, banter and a mind to match.

How does your chart compare with Nicko McBrain’s?

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

Photo: adels, CC BY 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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