Wynton Marsalis’ birth chart
Jazz musicianBorn October 18, 1961, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
Fair, charming and good with people.
- SunLibraThe Diplomat
- MoonAquariusThe Cool Head
- VenusLibraThe Sweetheart
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Libra, the Diplomat
Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm. Self-belief comes slowly and has to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counts.
The Sun square Saturn (close at 1.5°)
What he needs
Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head
Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own.
How he loves
Venus in Libra, the Sweetheart
Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 2.4°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Scorpio, the Investigator
A penetrating mind. Reads people well, speaks carefully and can tell when something is being hidden. Big ideas and loose details: he thinks on a large scale, and the small print is where things get away from him.
Mercury square Jupiter (wide at 5.7°)
What drives him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Intense, strategic and relentless. Keeps a goal close and doesn’t let it go. Action guided by imagination: he moves on instinct and feeling, and he gives his all to a vision.
Mars conjunction Neptune (close at 1.1°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his mind, his drive and his imagination (Mercury, Mars and Neptune) gather in Scorpio, and that part of life draws his attention first.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Wynton Marsalis was born five days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 67% lit, in Aquarius. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, twenty-five days after the September equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Wynton Marsalis was born, as it was on 67 days of 1961. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Wynton Marsalis, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2020, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1990. The third begins in 2049. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Libra
You and Wynton Marsalis
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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.
Wynton Marsalis’ chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Wynton Marsalis’ zodiac sign?
Libra. Wynton Marsalis was born on October 18, 1961, with the Sun in Libra, the Diplomat. Fair, charming and good with people. Happiest when things are balanced, pleasant and calm.
What is Wynton Marsalis’ Moon sign?
Aquarius, the Cool Head. Calm in a crisis, private about feelings. Comfort comes from friendship, ideas and space of his own.
What is Wynton Marsalis’ 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 18, 1961. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Wynton Marsalis’ Venus sign?
Libra, the Sweetheart. Made for partnership. Loves beauty, fairness and romance. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.
How does your chart compare with Wynton Marsalis’?
Set your chart beside Wynton Marsalis’ 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 Wynton Marsalis’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Eric Delmar, 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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