Tom Waits’ birth chart
Singer-songwriterBorn December 7, 1949, Pomona, California, United States
Open, funny and frank.
- SunSagittariusThe Explorer
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Sagittarius, the Explorer
Open, funny and frank. Chases meaning the way other people chase money, with a map half unfolded. Imagination and identity work together: he can become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.
The Sun sextile Neptune (close at 1.5°)
What he needs
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.
How he loves
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves as a friend first. Values honesty, freedom and a partner who is fully his own person. A generous heart: love and good company come to him easily, and he shares both.
Venus conjunction Jupiter (exact at 0.0°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Sagittarius, the Philosopher
Thinks big and speaks frankly. Loves ideas, learning and talking about what things mean. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argues well, sometimes too well, and a debate is a kind of sport to him.
Mercury square Mars (close at 2.2°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Works carefully and precisely. Gets results through skill and attention to detail. Controlled force: he works with patience and grit, and he finishes what he starts.
Mars conjunction Saturn (close at 3.0°)
The shape of his chart
The Sun is the hub of his chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so his identity touches everything else in it.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Tom Waits was born two days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 95% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, fourteen days before the December solstice.
Saturn return
For Tom Waits, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2008 and 2009, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1979. The third begins in 2038. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Sagittarius
You and Tom Waits
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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
More with the Sun in Sagittarius
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Tom Waits’ zodiac sign?
Sagittarius. Tom Waits was born on December 7, 1949, 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 Tom Waits’ Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Tender, protective and sensitive to mood. Comfort comes from family, old friends and familiar rooms.
What is Tom Waits’ 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 7, 1949. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Tom Waits’ Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves as a friend first. Values honesty, freedom and a partner who is fully his own person.
How does your chart compare with Tom Waits’?
Set your chart beside Tom Waits’ 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 Waits’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Published by Asylum Records. Photographer uncredited and unknown., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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