Pope Francis’ birth chart
PopeBorn December 17, 1936, Flores, ArgentinaDied April 21, 2025
Open, funny and frank.
- SunSagittariusThe Explorer
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer
Open, funny and frank. Chases meaning the way other people chase money, with a map half unfolded. He kept rebuilding himself to fit what life asked, and control was the hardest thing to give up.
The Sun quincunx Pluto (close at 2.8°)
What he needed
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different. Tenderness through and through: he needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
The Moon conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.5°)
How he loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness. Love came in sudden starts and stops: he fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.
Venus square Uranus (close at 1.2°)
How he thought
Mercury in Capricorn, the Planner
A disciplined, realistic mind. Thinks in steps, plans for the long run and says only what is needed. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury trine Uranus (wide at 5.3°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair. His purpose and his drive worked together: once he decided on something, he moved on it fast.
The Sun sextile Mars (wide at 6.2°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in five of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touched everything else in it. The weight of his chart sits in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Pope Francis was born four days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 13% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Thursday, four days before the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Pope Francis, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2024 and 2025, at 87: his third Saturn return, after the second in 1995. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Sagittarius
You and Pope Francis
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
More with the Sun in Sagittarius
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Pope Francis’ zodiac sign?
Sagittarius. Pope Francis was born on December 17, 1936, with the Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer. Open, funny and frank. Chases meaning the way other people chase money, with a map half unfolded.
What is Pope Francis’ Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.
What is Pope Francis’ 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 December 17, 1936. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Pope Francis’ Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness.
How does your chart compare with Pope Francis’?
Set your chart beside Pope Francis’ 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 Pope Francis’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Korea.net / Korean Culture and Information Service (Jeon Han), 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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