Jim Carrey Birth Chart
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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Jim Carrey’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.
- Ascendant
- Scorpio 15°12′
- Midheaven
- Leo 27°03′
- Descendant
- Taurus 15°12′
- Imum Coeli
- Aquarius 27°03′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn 26°42′ | 3 |
| Moon | Gemini 17°11′ | 8 |
| Mercury | Aquarius 14°43′ | 3 |
| Venus | Capricorn 24°17′ | 3 |
| Mars | Capricorn 17°54′ | 2 |
| Jupiter | Aquarius 14°11′ | 3 |
| Saturn | Aquarius 1°35′ | 3 |
| Uranus | Leo 29°46′Retrograde | 10 |
| Neptune | Scorpio 13°16′ | 12 |
| Pluto | Virgo 9°48′Retrograde | 10 |
| North Node | Leo 19°09′Retrograde | 9 |
| South Node | Aquarius 19°09′Retrograde | 3 |
| Lilith | Virgo 8°52′ | 10 |
| Chiron | Pisces 3°54′ | 4 |
Jim Carrey · local time · Newmarket, Ontario
The recorded birth time is approximate, so the rising sign and houses may differ.
Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden A; BFI — Andrew Niccol on making The Truman Show; Focus Features — Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Jim Carrey's Sun, Moon and Rising
Sun in Capricorn is commonly linked with persistence and building something that works. Capricorn likes a clear shape and a result worth keeping. That is an interesting starting point for Carrey's film work. The Truman Show places his central performance inside a carefully designed world.
BFI's interview with screenwriter Andrew Niccol describes the premise and its development. Truman lives an apparently ordinary life within a constructed television setting. The film gives us a concrete Capricorn comparison. What looks effortless on screen belongs to a much larger arrangement. The central performance has a definite story to carry.
Moon in Gemini is associated with quick changes and alternative viewpoints. Gemini likes asking what else a situation could mean. Carrey's Truman and his Joel in Eternal Sunshine offer different examples. One story changes the understanding of everyday life, and the other rearranges the experience of memory.
Think about the moment your reading of a scene changes. An ordinary detail suddenly means something else, and Gemini encourages that curiosity about the alternative version. It adds movement to Capricorn's interest in keeping the story together.
Scorpio rising is usually linked with a concentrated entrance and a wish to look deeper. Both films invite the audience to reconsider an initial impression. The familiar surface becomes more complicated as the story develops. That makes Scorpio a useful third part of this reading.
Structure, changing viewpoints and deeper attention belong together here. Carrey's public performances give us actual films to consider. A comic reputation is only one place to begin. These two roles show why it helps to keep watching.
Mercury beside Jupiter: a small detail opens a big idea
Mercury in Aquarius is associated with independent thinking and unexpected connections. Jupiter in Aquarius adds an interest in larger possibilities, and Mercury asks the question. Jupiter opens the view around it. They sit together at 0.54°, a close conjunction.
The Truman Show provides a clear film example. Its ordinary-looking town belongs to a much larger television idea. A small observation has the potential to change the whole story. Niccol's BFI account discusses how the film developed, including an earlier, darker version.
Think about noticing something that no longer fits. You start with one detail, then reconsider the bigger picture. Aquarius is commonly linked with that willingness to question the expected pattern. Mercury brings the observation, and Jupiter gives it room to grow. Carrey's central role makes that movement visible within a specific story. It is a more useful comparison than simply calling his work unusual.
Mercury square Neptune: the picture keeps changing
Neptune in Scorpio is associated with a deep, immersive imagination. It squares Mercury at 1.45°, and Mercury wants to make sense of something. Neptune brings an image that is harder to pin down. A square often asks two different approaches to work together.
Eternal Sunshine gives this pairing a concrete subject. Carrey plays Joel within an altered memory story. Focus Features identifies the film and its imaginative premise. The audience follows a person while the surrounding experience changes.
That makes clarity and atmosphere interesting to watch side by side. You try to understand what is happening. You also feel the scene before every detail is settled. Aquarius Mercury asks how the pieces connect, and Scorpio Neptune draws attention into the imagined world. The pairing offers a simple way to notice both. A response becomes meaningful inside a picture that keeps moving.
Jupiter square Neptune: the idea and the feeling
Jupiter also squares Neptune, more closely at 0.91°. Jupiter broadens the idea, while Neptune shapes the imagined experience. The nearby Mercury and Jupiter have different jobs, and one makes a connection. The other asks how far it reaches.
The Truman Show has a premise you are able to describe plainly. The finished film also lets you spend time inside its setting. Eternal Sunshine gives another example of an idea becoming an experience. Carrey's roles sit at the centre of those different worlds.
Think about describing a favourite film to a friend. You explain what happens, then try to convey how it feels. Those are different parts of the recommendation, and Jupiter and Neptune give this chart a similar contrast. The broad idea matters, but so does the atmosphere around it. Read them together rather than choosing only the plot or the mood.
Sun beside Venus: give the performance a definite shape
Venus in Capricorn is associated with lasting tastes and purposeful choices. It sits beside Carrey's Sun at 2.42°. The conjunction links the main direction with the way it is presented. Capricorn brings a wish for the result to hold together.
Truman and Joel give that idea two very different film examples. The central actor stays recognisable, while the role's presentation changes. Look at the way each character first meets the audience. Then notice what develops across the story. Capricorn Venus adds care with the complete shape, beside Mercury's changing ideas and Neptune's atmosphere.
Reading this chart respectfully
Carrey's released performances are the examples here; their characters' experiences are not a private biography of the actor.
Birth record
Rodden rating A. The cited Astro-Databank source notes state: Carrey states 02:30 in interviews quoted by Sy Scholfield, including Time's 2007 Canadian edition.
Historical local-time rules determine the chart; ten-planet totals weight Sun/Moon 3 and other planets 1. Sign scores add rising +2; planet scores add +2 in houses 1, 4, 7 or 10 and each major planet-to-planet aspect +max(0, 1 − orb/10). Ties follow zodiac, planet and house order. Compare with your own chart for reflection, never prediction.
Major aspects
The orb measures distance from the exact angle: a smaller number means a tighter aspect.
| Bodies and aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Mercury square Ascendant | 0.48° |
| Mercury conjunction Jupiter | 0.54° |
| Jupiter square Neptune | 0.91° |
| Pluto conjunction Lilith | 0.94° |
| Jupiter square Ascendant | 1.02° |
| Mercury square Neptune | 1.45° |
| Neptune conjunction Ascendant | 1.92° |
| Moon sextile North Node | 1.96° |
| Moon trine South Node | 1.96° |
| Sun conjunction Venus | 2.42° |
| Moon trine Mercury | 2.47° |
| Uranus conjunction Midheaven | 2.71° |
| Mars sextile Ascendant | 2.72° |
| Moon trine Jupiter | 3.01° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 3.47° |
| South Node square Ascendant | 3.95° |
| North Node square Ascendant | 3.95° |
| Chiron opposition Uranus | 4.13° |
| Neptune sextile Lilith | 4.41° |
| Mercury opposition North Node | 4.43° |
| Mercury conjunction South Node | 4.43° |
| Mars sextile Neptune | 4.64° |
| Sun conjunction Saturn | 4.87° |
| Chiron opposition Lilith | 4.96° |
| Jupiter opposition North Node | 4.97° |
| Jupiter conjunction South Node | 4.97° |
| Pluto sextile Ascendant | 5.39° |
| Neptune square North Node | 5.88° |
| Neptune square South Node | 5.88° |
| Chiron opposition Pluto | 5.90° |
| Venus conjunction Mars | 6.37° |
| Chiron opposition Midheaven | 6.84° |
| Venus conjunction Saturn | 7.30° |
| North Node conjunction Midheaven | 7.91° |
| South Node opposition Midheaven | 7.91° |
Chart dominants
These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.
- Top signs
- Capricorn (5) · Gemini (3) · Scorpio (3).
- Capricorn: working toward a lasting result with structure; Gemini: asking questions and trying different ways to communicate; Scorpio: looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Top planets
- Moon (4.45) · Sun (4.27) · Neptune (3.95).
- Moon: emotional habits; Sun: identity and purpose; Neptune: imagination and ideals.
- Top houses
- House 3 (7) · House 8 (3) · House 10 (2).
- House 3: communication and learning; House 8: shared resources; House 10: public work.
- Dominant element
- Earth / Air (6 points).
- Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
- Dominant modality
- Cardinal / Fixed (5 points).
- Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.
Placements at a glance
- Sun in Capricorn: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Moon in Gemini: in astrology, emotional habits is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
- Mercury in Aquarius: in astrology, communication and learning is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Venus in Capricorn: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Mars in Capricorn: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Jupiter in Aquarius: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Saturn in Aquarius: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Uranus in Leo: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- Neptune in Scorpio: in astrology, imagination and ideals is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Pluto in Virgo: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through improving details through practical work.
- North Node in Leo: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
- South Node in Aquarius: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Lilith in Virgo: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through improving details through practical work.
- Chiron in Pisces: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through responding through imagination and emotional atmosphere.
- Scorpio rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.
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