Wilt Chamberlain
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Wilt Chamberlain’s birth chart

Basketball playerBorn August 21, 1936, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesDied October 12, 1999

Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind.

  • SunLeoThe Bright One
  • MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
  • VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he was

    Sun in Leo, the Bright One

    Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.

  2. What he needed

    Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker

    Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.

  3. How he loved

    Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic

    Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. He loved too much of a good thing: pleasure, praise and grand gestures ran past what one life could use.

    Venus square Jupiter (close at 1.7°)

  4. How he thought

    Mercury in Virgo, the Analyst

    Clever, methodical and useful. Turns a muddle into a list and the list into results. He doubted his own ideas before anyone else could, and so he checked every one twice.

    Mercury opposition Saturn (close at 1.2°)

  5. What drove him

    Mars in Leo, the Leader

    Bold, proud and full of drive. Wants to lead, works hardest on what is dear to him, and wants to be recognised for it. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushed against limits, and sudden decisions came with the territory.

    Mars square Uranus (close at 2.3°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his mind, his heart and his imagination (Mercury, Venus and Neptune) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Wilt Chamberlain was born five days after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 18% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Friday, 32 days before the September equinox.

  • Saturn return

    For Wilt Chamberlain, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1995 and 1996, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1966. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Leo

You and Wilt Chamberlain

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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.

Wilt Chamberlain’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Wilt Chamberlain’s zodiac sign?

Leo. Wilt Chamberlain was born on August 21, 1936, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Generous, loyal and born for a stage of some kind. Wants to be proud of the work and the people around him.

What is Wilt Chamberlain’s Moon sign?

Libra, the Peacemaker. Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.

What is Wilt Chamberlain’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 August 21, 1936. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Wilt Chamberlain’s Venus sign?

Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.

How does your chart compare with Wilt Chamberlain’s?

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

Photo: Fred Palumbo, World Telegram, 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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