Plácido Domingo
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Plácido Domingo’s birth chart

TenorBorn January 21, 1941, Madrid, Spain

Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic.

  • SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
  • MoonScorpioThe Vault
  • VenusCapricornThe Loyal Partner

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker

    Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic. Asks why things are done this way and imagines a better one. Nothing about him is halfway: he insists on running his own life, and the struggle makes him formidable.

    The Sun opposition Pluto (close at 2.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Scorpio, the Vault

    Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Capricorn, the Loyal Partner

    Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting. Loyal in love: he chooses carefully, and what he builds with people lasts.

    Venus trine Saturn (close at 1.4°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor

    An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. He doubts his own ideas before anyone else can, and so he checks every one twice.

    Mercury square Saturn (almost exact at 0.3°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Sagittarius, the Champion

    Adventurous and principled. Throws himself behind big causes and what is right. A quick, direct mind: he makes decisions fast and says what he means.

    Mercury sextile Mars (wide at 3.5°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his optimism, his discipline and his independence (Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life draws his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Plácido Domingo was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 38% lit, in Scorpio. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, 30 days after the December solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Plácido Domingo, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1999, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1969 and 1970. The third begins in 2028. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Aquarius

You and Plácido Domingo

Would you be friends? Is there a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.

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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.

Plácido Domingo’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Also Aquarius Sun, Scorpio MoonAlso born on January 21

Questions about his chart

What is Plácido Domingo’s zodiac sign?

Aquarius. Plácido Domingo was born on January 21, 1941, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Independent, inventive and quietly idealistic. Asks why things are done this way and imagines a better one.

What is Plácido Domingo’s Moon sign?

Scorpio, the Vault. Still on the surface and strong underneath. Holds on to feelings, and to the people who earn them.

What is Plácido Domingo’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 21, 1941. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Plácido Domingo’s Venus sign?

Capricorn, the Loyal Partner. Loves with steadiness and staying power. Takes commitment seriously and builds something lasting.

How does your chart compare with Plácido Domingo’s?

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

Photo: Fotografías - archimadrid.es, 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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