J. R. R. Tolkien

Photo: Unknown photo studio commissioned by Tolkien's students 1925/6 (private communication from Catherine McIlwaine, Tolkien · Public domain

Artist · Capricorn Sun

J. R. R. Tolkien birth chart

  • January 3, 1892
  • Bloemfontein, South Africa
  • Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses
☉︎SunCapricorn
☽︎MoonAquariusorPisces
Main elementEarth 52%

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Only in this chart

By sign alone J. R. R. Tolkien has look-alikes, so degrees do the splitting: Saturn at 0° Libra and Jupiter at 13° Pisces, and no other chart here sits within a degree or so on both. Eiichiro Oda misses by one planet.

  • Jupiter in Pisces with Saturn in Libra. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 459 here, Oliver Hardy and Joe Hisaishi among them.
  • Three planets retrograde: Mercury, Neptune and Pluto. Volodymyr Sosiura and Mykola Kulish have the same set, 1 chart in 120 here.
  • Venus and Saturn swap signs. Venus in Aquarius and Saturn in Libra each sit in the other's sign, called mutual reception, also in Mykola Khvylovy's chart, 1 chart in 41 here.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Capricorn Sun reads as ambitious and long-term, with the Moon in Aquarius or Pisces depending on birth hour. By the book, Venus in Aquarius + Sun in Capricorn + Jupiter in Pisces reads as someone who wants a friend first, plays the long game and grows by trusting. Elements run earth 52%, air 26%, water 23%, fire 0%, cardinal first at 58%, the nearest mix to Warren Buffett.

Planets

Gold line: Sun sextile Jupiter (1.0°). Red dash: Mercury square Saturn (0.0°).

Generational · shared by a whole age group
♅︎ ♏︎Uranus in Scorpio7% of charts here
♆︎ ♊︎Neptune in Gemini4% of charts here
♇︎ ♊︎Pluto in Gemini7% of charts here

Tightest aspects

  • Mercury square Saturn (0.3°). The mind keeps colliding with self-control, as tight as Marques Brownlee’s.
  • Sun sextile Jupiter (1.3°). The ego gets an easy opening from appetite for more, as tight as Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky’s.
  • Venus trine Pluto (1.5°). Taste and the need for control run downhill together, as tight as Bukayo Saka’s.
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Famous people whose charts click with J. R. R. Tolkien

Eiichiro Oda leads at 95%, Mac Miller closes the list at 91%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

  • Oliver Hardy, born 15 days later: every planet from Sun to Saturn lands in the same sign.
  • Andrew Johnson, 84 years earlier, repeats the Sun, Venus and Jupiter signs, average gap 22°.
  • Mykola Khvylovy is the nearest in arts (1893): same Venus, Mars and Saturn, split on Sun and Mercury.

Born on January 3

January 3 also belongs to Florence Pugh (1996, film), Jisoo (1995, K-pop) and Michael Schumacher (1969, F1). On January 3, 1892 the Moon was a waxing crescent.

Among artists and writers

Of this chart's placements, Jupiter in Pisces is the rarest among artists and writers (8%), closest to Mikhail Bulgakov and Eiichiro Oda. Capricorn ranks 1st of 12 Suns here (10%, against 8% across the base), with Eiichiro Oda and Rudyard Kipling nearest on the same Sun.

Other famous Capricorns

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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