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Robert Johnson’s birth chart

Blues singerBorn May 8, 1911, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, United StatesDied August 13, 1938

Steady as bedrock.

  • SunTaurusThe Gardener
  • MoonVirgoor Libra
  • VenusGeminiThe Charmer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Taurus, the Gardener

    Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after. Imagination and identity worked together: he could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.

    The Sun sextile Neptune (close at 2.2°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Virgo or Libra, the Mender

    Shows feeling in practical ways: a fixed problem, a remembered detail, a cup of tea at the right time. He loved hard and held on hard, and letting go took him a long time.

    The Moon square Pluto (almost exact at 0.4°) · For a birth after 7:26 p.m., his Moon was in Libra.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Gemini, the Charmer

    Falls for a clever mind. Needs conversation, laughter and variety in love. What comforted him and what he loved were different things, so his heart and his moods kept negotiating.

    The Moon square Venus (close at 1.3°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Taurus, the Careful Thinker

    Thinks slowly and solidly. A mind, once made up, stays made up. A quick, direct mind: he made decisions fast and said what he meant.

    Mercury sextile Mars (almost exact at 0.8°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior

    Gentle on the surface and quietly strong. Works best for a cause worth believing in. His drive and his discipline worked together easily: he could push hard and keep going.

    Mars sextile Saturn (almost exact at 0.8°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his discipline (the Sun, Mercury and Saturn) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. No fire at all, so the bold first move came by choice rather than by instinct.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Robert Johnson was born five days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 82% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Monday, 44 days before the June solstice.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Robert Johnson was born, as it was on 84 days of 1911. How often the famous were

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Signs that click with Taurus

You and Robert Johnson

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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.

Robert Johnson’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Robert Johnson’s zodiac sign?

Taurus. Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911, with the Sun in Taurus, the Gardener. Steady as bedrock. Takes time to decide, and once something is chosen, it is kept and looked after.

What is Robert Johnson’s Moon sign?

Virgo or Libra. The Moon moved from Virgo into Libra at 7:26 p.m. that day, local time: in Virgo for a birth before then, in Libra for one after.

What is Robert Johnson’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 May 8, 1911. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Robert Johnson’s Venus sign?

Gemini, the Charmer. Falls for a clever mind. Needs conversation, laughter and variety in love.

How does your chart compare with Robert Johnson’s?

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

Photo: Robert Johnson (self-portrait), 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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