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Tom Petty’s birth chart

MusicianBorn October 20, 1950, Gainesville, Florida, United StatesDied October 2, 2017

Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal.

  • SunLibraThe Diplomat
  • MoonAquariusor Pisces
  • VenusLibraThe Sweetheart

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Libra, the Diplomat

    Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal. Works best with a partner and hates a needless fight. His confidence came easily and spread: he thought big, and other people wanted to come along.

    The Sun trine Jupiter (almost exact at 0.9°)

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Aquarius or Pisces, the Cool Head

    Needs freedom, friendship and room to think. Handles feelings by stepping back and making sense of them. Big feelings and a big heart: his good moods lifted everyone near, and he gave comfort freely.

    The Moon conjunction Jupiter (almost exact at 0.3°) · For a birth after 3:53 p.m., his Moon was in Pisces.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart

    Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals. He loved with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he formed changed both people.

    Venus sextile Pluto (close at 1.0°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Libra, the Mediator

    Thinks in terms of fairness and sees both sides. Speaks with tact and grace. 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 Sagittarius, the Champion

    Adventurous and principled. Throws himself behind big causes and what is right. He worked for ideals: his drive came alive for a cause, a role or a dream.

    Mars sextile Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind, his heart and his imagination (the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Neptune) gather in Libra, and that part of life drew his attention first. The weight of his chart sits in air signs: ideas and people.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Tom Petty was born five days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 76% lit. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, twenty-seven days after the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Tom Petty, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2009, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1979 and 1980. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Libra

You and Tom Petty

Would you have been friends? Would there have been 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.

Tom Petty’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Tom Petty’s zodiac sign?

Libra. Tom Petty was born on October 20, 1950, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Drawn to beauty, good manners and a fair deal. Works best with a partner and hates a needless fight.

What is Tom Petty’s Moon sign?

Aquarius or Pisces. The Moon moved from Aquarius into Pisces at 3:53 p.m. that day, local time: in Aquarius for a birth before then, in Pisces for one after.

What is Tom Petty’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 20, 1950. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Tom Petty’s Venus sign?

Libra, the Sweetheart. Graceful, warm and drawn to harmony. Loves romance, beauty and a true partnership of equals.

How does your chart compare with Tom Petty’s?

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

Photo: Ирина Лепнёва, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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