Musician · Capricorn Sun

Patti Smith birth chart

December 30, 1946
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunCapricorn

☽︎MoonPiscesorAries

Main elementEarth 52%

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It takes four placements to single out Patti Smith: Sun in Capricorn, Mercury in Sagittarius, Mars in Capricorn and Saturn in Leo. David Bowie comes closest: same Sun, Mars and Saturn, but Mercury in Capricorn.

Mercury in Sagittarius with Saturn in Leo. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 229 here, Lara Raj and Steven Spielberg among them.
Sun and Saturn swap signs. Sun in Capricorn and Saturn in Leo each sit in the other's sign, called mutual reception, also in David Bowie's chart, 1 chart in 120 here.
Three planets retrograde: Saturn, Uranus and Pluto. David Bowie and Donna Summer have the same set, 1 chart in 115 here.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Capricorn Sun reads as ambitious and long-term, with the Moon in Pisces or Aries depending on birth hour. By the book, Mars in Capricorn + Mercury in Sagittarius + Jupiter in Scorpio reads as someone who climbs without drama, blurts the big picture and grows through hard truths. Elements run earth 52%, fire 23%, water 19%, air 6%, cardinal first at 55%, the nearest mix to Willy Kanga.

Planets

Gold lines: Sun conjunct Mars (2.0°), Venus conjunct Jupiter (5.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♑︎ Capricorn 8°plays the long gamenearest chart: Kersti Kaljulaid 8°
☽︎Moon · emotions♓︎ / ♈︎Pisces or Ariesdepends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♐︎ Sagittarius 24°blurts the big picturenearest chart: Jean-Luc Godard 24°
♀︎Venus · taste♏︎ Scorpio 25°loves with a long memorynearest chart: Groucho Marx 25°
♂︎Mars · drive♑︎ Capricorn 10°climbs without dramanearest chart: Edward Jenner 10°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♏︎ Scorpio 20°grows through hard truthsnearest chart: Paulo Coelho 19°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♌︎ Leo 7° ^℞learns to shine without applausenearest chart: Svante Arrhenius 7°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♊︎Uranus in Gemini5% of charts here

♆︎ ♎︎Neptune in Libra6% of charts here

♇︎ ♌︎Pluto in Leo8% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Mars square Neptune (0.7°). Drive keeps colliding with the dreamer side, as tight as Kenia Os’.
Sun conjunct Mars (1.7°). The ego and drive act as one, as tight as Peter Sellers’.
Sun square Neptune (2.3°). The ego keeps colliding with the dreamer side, as tight as Pink’s.

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Matched by trait profile:

Harry Potter: Molly Weasley
Marvel: Gamora
Star Wars: Bo-Katan Kryze
Pirates of the Caribbean: Elizabeth Swann
Black Clover: Secre Swallowtail (Nero)
The Lord of the Rings: Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
The Office: Karen Filippelli

Famous people whose charts click with Patti Smith

Anne Hathaway leads at 94%, Hailee Steinfeld closes the list at 88%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

David Bowie, born 9 days later: Sun, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn match by sign, Mercury splits, Sagittarius here against Capricorn.
Albert Abraham Michelson, 94 years earlier, repeats the Venus and Mars signs, average gap 24°.
Donna Summer is the nearest in music (1948): same Sun and Mars, split on Mercury and Venus.

Born on December 30

December 30 also belongs to Dominic Fike (1995, music), Bo Diddley (1928, music) and LeBron James (1984, sport). Chicago is also the birthplace of Sam Altman and Anwar Jibawi. December 30, 1946 was a Monday, and the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.

Among musicians

Of this chart's placements, Saturn in Leo is the rarest among musicians (6%), closest to David Bowie and Megan Skiendiel. Capricorn ranks 6th of 12 Suns here, with David Bowie and Donna Summer nearest on the same Sun.