J. D. Salinger

Photo: Lotte Jacobi · Public domain

Artist · Capricorn Sun

J. D. Salinger birth chart

  • January 1, 1919
  • New York City, New York, United States
  • Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses
☉︎SunCapricorn
☽︎MoonSagittariusorCapricorn
Main elementEarth 52%

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By sign alone J. D. Salinger has look-alikes, so degrees do the splitting: Saturn at 27° Leo and Mars at 9° Aquarius, and no other chart here sits within a degree or so on both. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn misses by one planet.

  • Mercury in Sagittarius with Saturn in Leo. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 229 here, Selma Lagerlöf and Anwar Sadat among them.
  • Four planets retrograde: Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Pluto. Isaac Asimov and Lu Xun have the same set, 1 chart in 138 here.
  • Sun and Saturn swap signs. Sun in Capricorn and Saturn in Leo each sit in the other's sign, called mutual reception, also in Anton Chekhov's chart, 1 chart in 120 here.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Capricorn Sun reads as ambitious and long-term, with the Moon in Sagittarius or Capricorn depending on birth hour. By the book, Mars in Aquarius + Venus in Capricorn + Jupiter in Cancer reads as someone who rebels on principle, trusts what lasts and grows through home and roots. Elements run earth 52%, fire 23%, air 16%, water 10%, cardinal first at 61%, the nearest mix to Anwar Sadat.

Planets

Red dash: Sun opposite Jupiter (0.0°).

Generational · shared by a whole age group
♅︎ ♒︎Uranus in Aquarius25% of charts here
♆︎ ♌︎Neptune in Leo5% of charts here
♇︎ ♋︎Pluto in Cancer9% of charts here

Tightest aspects

  • Sun opposite Jupiter (0.6°). The ego and appetite for more pull from opposite ends, and only Anitta, Rudy Mancuso and Julien Bam have it tighter at noon.
  • Mars opposite Neptune (1.0°). Drive and the dreamer side pull from opposite ends, as tight as Simón Bolívar’s.
  • Saturn opposite Uranus (2.6°). Self-control and the rule-breaking streak pull from opposite ends, as tight as Stendhal’s.
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Famous people whose charts click with J. D. Salinger

Michael Jackson leads at 91%, Anne Hathaway closes the list at 85%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

  • Anwar Sadat, born 7 days earlier: every planet from Sun to Saturn lands in the same sign.
  • Tyrese Gibson, 59 years later, repeats the Sun and Mercury signs, average gap 26°.
  • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is the nearest in arts (1918): same Jupiter and Saturn, split on Sun and Mercury.

Born on January 1

January 1 also belongs to Eiichiro Oda (1975, arts), Noah Kahan (1997, music) and Ice Spice (2000, rap). New York City is also the birthplace of Aaliyah and Stan Lee. January 1, 1919 was a Wednesday, and the Moon went from waning crescent to almost new.

Among artists and writers

Of this chart's placements, Venus in Capricorn is the rarest among artists and writers (6%), closest to Aleksandra Ekster and William Blake. Capricorn ranks 1st of 12 Suns here (10%, against 8% across the base), with Umberto Eco and Isaac Asimov nearest on the same Sun.

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Capricorn compatibility

By NEBO’s love chemistry, a Capricorn Sun clicks most with Aquarius, Scorpio and Capricorn. Capricorn with every sign →

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