Buddy Holly

Photo: Buddy_Holly_Brunswick_Records.jpg: Brunswick Records derivative work: GDuwenTell · Public domain

Musician · Virgo Sun

Buddy Holly birth chart

  • September 7, 1936
  • Lubbock, Texas, United States
  • Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses
☉︎SunVirgo
☽︎MoonGemini
Main elementAir 47%

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It takes four placements to single out Buddy Holly: Sun in Virgo, Mars in Leo, Jupiter in Sagittarius and Saturn in Pisces. Brent Faiyaz comes closest: same Sun, Jupiter and Saturn, but Mars in Scorpio.

  • Sun in Virgo with Jupiter in Sagittarius. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 153 here, Brent Faiyaz and Amy Winehouse among them.
  • Eight different signs. Hardly any doubling up, a spread only 1% of charts here reach.
  • Two planets retrograde: Saturn and Uranus. Leonard Cohen and Lewis Capaldi have the same set, 1 chart in 47 here.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Virgo Sun reads as precise and self-critical, a Gemini Moon as curious and quick: signs at a right angle, so outer self and inner self argue, the same pair Antonín Dvořák carries. By the book, Venus in Libra + Mercury in Libra + Saturn in Pisces reads as someone who needs beauty and balance, argues both sides and learns to hold a line. Elements run air 47%, earth 33%, fire 14%, water 7%, mutable first at 67%, the nearest mix to Jim Henson.

Planets

Gold line: Mars trine Jupiter (3.0°). Red dash: Sun square Jupiter (1.0°).

Generational · shared by a whole age group
♅︎ ♉︎Uranus in Taurus5% of charts here
♆︎ ♍︎Neptune in Virgo6% of charts here
♇︎ ♋︎Pluto in Cancer9% of charts here

Tightest aspects

  • Jupiter square Neptune (0.7°). Appetite for more keeps colliding with the dreamer side, as tight as Mackenzie Davis’.
  • Sun square Jupiter (0.8°). The ego keeps colliding with appetite for more, as tight as Mikhail Lomonosov’s.
  • Sun conjunct Neptune (1.6°). The ego and the dreamer side act as one, as tight as Diego Maradona’s.
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Famous people whose charts click with Buddy Holly

Beyoncé leads at 91%, Karlie Kloss closes the list at 83%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

  • Jim Henson, born 17 days later: Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn match by sign, Sun splits, Virgo here against Libra.
  • Lila Downs, 32 years later, repeats the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars signs, average gap 22°.
  • Leonard Cohen is the nearest in music (1934): same Sun, Mercury and Mars, split on Venus and Jupiter.

Born on September 7

September 7 also belongs to Gracie Abrams (1999, music), Miniminter (1992, creator) and Eazy-E (1964, rap). September 7, 1936 was a Monday, and the Moon went from waning gibbous to last quarter.

Among musicians

Of this chart's placements, Moon in Gemini is the rarest among musicians (3%), closest to Ewa Farna and Gioachino Rossini. Virgo ranks 2nd of 12 Suns here (11%, against 9% across the base), with Leonard Cohen and Lila Downs nearest on the same Sun.

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Virgo compatibility

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