Musician · Taurus Sun

James Brown birth chart

May 3, 1933
Augusta, United States
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunTaurus

☽︎MoonLeo

Main elementEarth 53%

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Only in this chart

James Brown is the only chart in NEBO's celebrity base with Sun in Taurus, Mars in Virgo and Jupiter in Virgo at once. Sid Vicious comes closest: same Sun and Jupiter, but Mars in Cancer.

Venus in Taurus with Mars in Virgo. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 197 here, Troye Sivan and Ariana Grande among them.
Two planets retrograde: Jupiter and Neptune. Cher and Grace Jones have the same set, 1 chart in 83 here.
Mercury and Mars swap signs. Mercury in Aries and Mars in Virgo each sit in the other's sign, called mutual reception, also in Diana Ross's chart, 1 chart in 36 here.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Taurus Sun reads as steady and patient, a Leo Moon as warm and proud: signs at a right angle, so outer self and inner self argue, the same pair Laufey carries. By the book, Mercury in Aries + Venus in Taurus + Jupiter in Virgo reads as someone who thinks out loud and fast, enjoys good things slowly and grows by getting good. Elements run earth 53%, fire 40%, air 5%, water 2%, fixed first at 70%, the nearest mix to Count Basie.

Planets

Gold line: Sun trine Jupiter (1.0°). Red dash: Venus square Saturn (0.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♉︎ Taurus 12°won't be rushednearest chart: dwaynejohnson 12°
☽︎Moon · emotions♌︎ Leoneeds to feel seen, degree depends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♈︎ Aries 19°thinks out loud and fastnearest chart: Seonghwa 19°
♀︎Venus · taste♉︎ Taurus 15°enjoys good things slowlynearest chart: Béla Bartók 15°
♂︎Mars · drive♍︎ Virgo 3°wins on detailnearest chart: Frank Lampard 3°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♍︎ Virgo 13° ^℞grows by getting goodnearest chart: Charlie Puth 13°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♒︎ Aquarius 15°learns to belongnearest chart: Wilhelm Röntgen 15°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♈︎Uranus in Aries4% of charts here

♆︎ ♍︎Neptune in Virgo6% of charts here

♇︎ ♋︎Pluto in Cancer9% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Venus square Saturn (0.0°). Taste keeps colliding with self-control: the tightest one in NEBO's base at noon.
Sun trine Jupiter (0.6°). The ego and appetite for more run downhill together, as tight as BoA’s.
Mercury square Pluto (2.1°). The mind keeps colliding with the need for control, as tight as Yeat’s.

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Matched by trait profile:

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Star Wars: Mace Windu
The Chronicles of Narnia: Puddleglum
Sherlock Holmes: Inspector Lestrade
Bungo Stray Dogs: Doppo Kunikida
Overwatch: Reinhardt

Famous people whose charts click with James Brown

Elon Musk leads at 94%, Mac Miller closes the list at 91%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

Jean-Paul Belmondo, born 24 days earlier: Mars, Jupiter and Saturn match by sign, Sun splits, Taurus here against Aries.
Gary Cooper, 32 years earlier, repeats the Sun and Venus signs, average gap 26°.
Ashe is the nearest in music (1993): same Sun, Mercury and Saturn, split on Venus and Mars.

Born on May 3

May 3 also belongs to Ella Langley (1999, music), Elodie (1990, music) and Myriam Fares (1983, music). May 3, 1933 was a Wednesday, and the Moon went from first quarter to waxing gibbous.

Among musicians

Of this chart's placements, Moon in Leo is the rarest among musicians (4%), closest to Rauw Alejandro and Karen Carpenter. Taurus ranks 1st of 12 Suns here (11%, against 9% across the base), with Ashe and Sid Vicious nearest on the same Sun.