Johnny Depp Birth Chart
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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Johnny Depp’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.
- Ascendant
- Leo 0°20′
- Midheaven
- Aries 17°26′
- Descendant
- Aquarius 0°20′
- Imum Coeli
- Libra 17°26′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini 18°00′ | 11 |
| Moon | Capricorn 13°17′ | 6 |
| Mercury | Taurus 25°15′ | 11 |
| Venus | Taurus 26°02′ | 11 |
| Mars | Virgo 3°11′ | 2 |
| Jupiter | Aries 13°58′ | 9 |
| Saturn | Aquarius 23°04′Retrograde | 8 |
| Uranus | Virgo 1°34′ | 2 |
| Neptune | Scorpio 13°24′Retrograde | 4 |
| Pluto | Virgo 9°37′ | 2 |
| North Node | Cancer 22°14′Retrograde | 12 |
| South Node | Capricorn 22°14′Retrograde | 6 |
| Lilith | Scorpio 5°36′ | 4 |
| Chiron | Pisces 14°52′ | 8 |
Johnny Depp · local time · Owensboro, Kentucky
Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden AA; 20th Century Studios — Edward Scissorhands synopsis and credits; Disney — The Curse of the Black Pearl synopsis and cast
Johnny Depp's Sun, Moon and Rising
Sun in Gemini is commonly associated with variety and trying another way to speak. Gemini likes a subject with more than one possible approach. Depp's Edward Scissorhands and Jack Sparrow give us a clear film comparison. The studio pages identify two roles within very different stories.
Edward belongs to Tim Burton's fantasy about an unfinished creation. Jack belongs to the adventure of The Curse of the Black Pearl. The same performer meets different opportunities for movement and speech. Gemini gives us a useful starting point in those changes.
Moon in Capricorn is usually linked with restraint and working within a definite limit. Edward's scissors make that theme tangible. They are part of the film's stated premise. The character has to meet the world with an unusual physical limitation.
Think about what that changes before a line is spoken. An ordinary gesture has a different meaning when the hands are scissors. Capricorn brings attention to the boundary around an action. The story gives the performer something particular to work with.
Leo rising is associated with a noticeable entrance and a recognisable presence. Jack Sparrow provides another kind of introduction. Disney's synopsis places him in a story involving a stolen ship. His character meets Will Turner and a much larger adventure.
These three signs suggest variety, a definite shape and a memorable entrance. Start by comparing how the two characters first meet the audience. One has an unusual physical design, and the other arrives within an active adventure. Their differences make the Gemini description more concrete than simply calling the actor versatile.
Mercury beside Venus: the voice belongs to the look
Mercury in Taurus is associated with a measured voice and concrete descriptions. Venus in Taurus favours lasting tastes, texture and a pleasing physical form. They sit together at 0.79°. The conjunction brings words and presentation close to each other.
Edward and Jack give this pairing two public examples. Before either speaks, the audience has already met a designed figure. Edward's scissors establish one kind of expectation. Jack's place in the pirate adventure establishes another. A line lands within that visible introduction.
Try separating what you hear from what you first see. Then put them together again. Taurus brings attention to the complete, tangible effect, and Mercury gives the character a voice. Venus draws attention to the chosen appearance, and the studio credits also keep the collaborators visible. Edward Scissorhands names Burton's direction and Caroline Thompson's writing. The voice and look belong to a made film.
Moon sextile Neptune: a clear character inside a fantasy
Neptune in Scorpio is associated with immersive imagination and a concentrated mood. It sextiles Depp's Capricorn Moon at 0.13°, and this is a very close connection. Capricorn gives a response a definite shape, and Neptune adds the imaginative world around it.
Edward Scissorhands offers a concrete comparison. Its studio page identifies fantasy, drama and romance among its genres. The character's physical limit belongs inside an impossible premise. The audience follows a particular figure while accepting the film's invented world.
That makes the Moon–Neptune pairing easy to picture. Something definite sits inside something imagined. The scissors are immediately visible, and the wider atmosphere gives them another kind of meaning. Watch how the character meets an ordinary-looking setting. Capricorn keeps the response clear, while Scorpio Neptune adds the feeling around it. The tight aspect encourages attention to both at once.
Moon square Jupiter: a defined figure in a large adventure
Jupiter in Aries is linked with expansion through a direct, active start. It squares the Capricorn Moon at 0.68°, and one side values a definite limit. The other wants room to move. A square is commonly read as different approaches needing to meet.
The Curse of the Black Pearl gives the reading a specific adventure. Disney's account names a stolen ship, a rescue and a supernatural problem. The story keeps getting larger around its characters, and an individual response belongs inside all that movement.
Compare the size of the plot with a single character's reply. The adventure opens another possibility, and the response still needs a clear shape. Aries Jupiter gives the story room to grow, and Capricorn Moon gives us a particular figure to follow. The pairing makes those different sizes interesting to watch together.
Mars beside Uranus: movement takes an unusual route
Mars in Virgo is associated with careful action and useful adjustments. Uranus in Virgo adds a willingness to change the usual method. Their conjunction is 1.62° from exact, and the action and the experiment sit close together.
Edward's scissors and Jack's adventure give movement different practical demands. Watch a gesture before comparing the dialogue. The physical design changes what the gesture needs to do. Virgo draws attention to the particular choice, and Uranus asks whether the expected movement still fits. That offers another way to compare Depp's two public roles beyond their voices and costumes.
Reading this chart respectfully
Depp's credited screen roles are the material here; the characters' motives and experiences remain separate from his private life.
Birth record
Rodden rating AA.
This time comes from a record.
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 |
|---|---|
| Moon sextile Neptune | 0.13° |
| Sun sextile Midheaven | 0.56° |
| Moon square Jupiter | 0.68° |
| Mercury conjunction Venus | 0.79° |
| Chiron trine Neptune | 1.46° |
| Chiron sextile Moon | 1.59° |
| Mars conjunction Uranus | 1.62° |
| Mercury square Saturn | 2.17° |
| Mars sextile Lilith | 2.41° |
| Venus square Saturn | 2.97° |
| Mercury sextile North Node | 3.02° |
| Mercury trine South Node | 3.02° |
| Chiron square Sun | 3.13° |
| Jupiter conjunction Midheaven | 3.48° |
| Moon trine Pluto | 3.66° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 3.79° |
| Venus sextile North Node | 3.81° |
| Venus trine South Node | 3.81° |
| Pluto sextile Lilith | 4.02° |
| Sun sextile Jupiter | 4.04° |
| Uranus sextile Lilith | 4.04° |
| Moon square Midheaven | 4.16° |
| Venus sextile Ascendant | 4.30° |
| South Node square Midheaven | 4.79° |
| North Node square Midheaven | 4.79° |
| Sun trine Saturn | 5.07° |
| Mercury sextile Ascendant | 5.09° |
| Chiron opposition Pluto | 5.25° |
| Lilith square Ascendant | 5.27° |
| Venus square Uranus | 5.53° |
| Saturn sextile Midheaven | 5.63° |
| Mercury square Uranus | 6.32° |
| Mars conjunction Pluto | 6.43° |
| Chiron trine North Node | 7.36° |
| Neptune conjunction Lilith | 7.80° |
Chart dominants
These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.
- Top signs
- Gemini (3) · Virgo (3) · Capricorn (3).
- Gemini: asking questions and trying different ways to communicate; Virgo: improving details through practical work; Capricorn: working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Top planets
- Moon (5.55) · Neptune (4.61) · Sun (4.09).
- Moon: emotional habits; Neptune: imagination and ideals; Sun: identity and purpose.
- Top houses
- House 11 (5) · House 2 (3) · House 6 (3).
- House 11: groups and networks; House 2: resources and priorities; House 6: routines and craft.
- Dominant element
- Earth (8 points).
- Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
- Dominant modality
- Mutable (6 points).
- Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.
Placements at a glance
- Sun in Gemini: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
- Moon in Capricorn: in astrology, emotional habits is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Mercury in Taurus: in astrology, communication and learning is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
- Venus in Taurus: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
- Mars in Virgo: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through improving details through practical work.
- Jupiter in Aries: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
- Saturn in Aquarius: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
- Uranus in Virgo: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through improving details through practical work.
- 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 Cancer: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through protecting what feels familiar and meaningful.
- South Node in Capricorn: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Lilith in Scorpio: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Chiron in Pisces: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through responding through imagination and emotional atmosphere.
- Leo rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.
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