Sonny Bono’s birth chart
EntertainerBorn February 16, 1935, Detroit, Michigan, United StatesDied January 5, 1998
Original, independent and fair.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone. Independence came easily: he did things his own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Uranus (close at 1.1°)
What he needed
Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart
Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back.
How he loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (wide at 4.1°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Clever, unusual and ahead of the moment. Loves ideas for their own sake and thinks about everyone, not only the few. A quick, original mind: ideas arrived in flashes, and he saw answers others missed.
Mercury sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Works best alongside others. Prefers diplomacy to battle, and fights for justice when it counts. A fierce will: he met opposition head on, and a fight brought out his full strength.
Mars square Pluto (almost exact at 0.4°)
The shape of his chart
Most of his planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Sonny Bono was born two days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 97% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Saturday, 32 days before the March equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Sonny Bono was born, as it was on 67 days of 1935. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Sonny Bono, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1993 and 1994, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1964. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and Sonny Bono
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Sonny Bono’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. Sonny Bono was born on February 16, 1935, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone.
What is Sonny Bono’s Moon sign?
Leo, the Warm Heart. Wears his heart where people can see it. Needs warmth, praise and a little attention, and gives all three back.
What is Sonny Bono’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 February 16, 1935. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Sonny Bono’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How does your chart compare with Sonny Bono’s?
Set your chart beside Sonny Bono’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 Sonny Bono’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Joop van Bilsen / Anefo, CC0, 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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