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Paul Simon’s birth chart

Singer-songwriterBorn October 13, 1941, Newark, New Jersey, United States

Fair, charming and good with people.

  • SunLibraThe Diplomat
  • MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
  • VenusSagittariusThe Adventurer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Libra, the Diplomat

    Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. His confidence comes easily and spreads: he thinks big, and other people want to come along.

    The Sun trine Jupiter (close at 1.5°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker

    Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.

    The Sun square the Moon (close at 2.0°)

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Sagittarius, the Adventurer

    Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion. He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.

    Venus trine Pluto (close at 2.3°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator

    Searching and sharp. Asks the question nobody else will and keeps the answers close. His words have force: he speaks to persuade, and he keeps his own counsel until the right moment.

    Mercury square Pluto (wide at 6.3°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Aries, the Trailblazer

    All drive, courage and quick starts. Goes first, acts fast, and is at his best when something needs doing now. He fights hard for what he wants, and his temper is part of his courage.

    The Sun opposition Mars (wide at 4.1°)

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Paul Simon was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 48% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, twenty days after the September equinox.

  • Mars retrograde

    Mars was retrograde all the day Paul Simon was born, as it was on 64 days of 1941. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Paul Simon, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2000 and 2001, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1971. The third begins in 2030. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Libra

You and Paul Simon

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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.

Paul Simon’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

Together, chart beside chart

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Questions about his chart

What is Paul Simon’s zodiac sign?

Libra. Paul Simon was born on October 13, 1941, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.

What is Paul Simon’s Moon sign?

Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and needs a safe home and close people. Remembers every kindness.

What is Paul Simon’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 October 13, 1941. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Paul Simon’s Venus sign?

Sagittarius, the Adventurer. Loves freedom, laughter and shared adventures. Wants a partner who is also a travel companion.

How does your chart compare with Paul Simon’s?

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

Photo: Matthew Straubmuller (imatty35), 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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