Woody Guthrie’s birth chart
Singer-songwriterBorn July 14, 1912, Okemah, Oklahoma, United StatesDied October 3, 1967
Tender under a careful shell.
- SunCancerThe Protector
- MoonCanceror Leo
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Cancer, the Protector
Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. He took in moods, music and other people’s hopes, and gave them back as something new.
The Sun conjunction Neptune (close at 1.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Cancer or Leo, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay. Tenderness through and through: he needed beauty and affection the way others needed air.
The Moon conjunction Venus (almost exact at 0.5°) · For a birth after 8:16 p.m., his Moon was in Leo.
How he loved
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging. Romance without limits: he fell for ideals as much as people, and his taste ran to the dreamy and the beautiful.
Venus conjunction Neptune (almost exact at 0.8°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with warmth and confidence and tells a great story. Thinks in big, bold ideas.
What drove him
Mars in Leo, the Leader
Confident, dramatic and courageous. Puts heart into every effort and likes to lead from the front. Stamina and willpower: he kept going long after others stopped, and he did his best work under pressure.
Mars sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.5°)
The shape of his chart
No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one he had to find.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Woody Guthrie was born on the day of a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 0% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twenty-two days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Woody Guthrie, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1942, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Cancer
You and Woody Guthrie
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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
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Woody Guthrie’s zodiac sign?
Cancer. Woody Guthrie was born on July 14, 1912, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.
What is Woody Guthrie’s Moon sign?
Cancer or Leo. The Moon moved from Cancer into Leo at 8:16 p.m. that day, local time: in Cancer for a birth before then, in Leo for one after.
What is Woody Guthrie’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 July 14, 1912. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Woody Guthrie’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves tenderly and protectively. Wants closeness, family and a feeling of belonging.
How does your chart compare with Woody Guthrie’s?
Set your chart beside Woody Guthrie’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 Woody Guthrie’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Al Aumuller, photographer. NYWT&S staff photograph., 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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