The life of John Lennon
Who was John Lennon?
John Lennon wrote and sang for the Beatles, then spent the 1970s dismantling the myth he had helped build. The band's arrival in New York in February 1964 and their Ed Sullivan appearance two days later opened American pop to the British invasion. After the Beatles ended in 1970 he recorded with Yoko Ono, whom he married in Gibraltar in March 1969, and turned increasingly to political work. He was shot dead outside his Manhattan home in December 1980.
Defining moments
John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon marry
Forty days after their wedding, Uranus met Venus in the sixth house, marking a sudden disruption to the daily routines and private stability of their new marriage.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓John Lennon's child Sean Lennon is born
Arriving 29 days after Sean was born, Uranus square Moon in the seventh house marked a period of sudden, electric reorganization within John Lennon's domestic sphere and closest bonds.
The Birth in the timeline ↓John Lennon dies
Ten days before his death, transit Saturn square Midheaven in house six marked a heavy power window, signaling a fateful, somber disruption to his public standing and mortal path.
The Death in the timeline ↓John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon divorce
Thirty days after the divorce, Uranus trine the sixth-house Moon signaled emotional liberation and sudden changes in daily life.
The Divorce in the timeline ↓John Lennon and May Pang end their relationship
The Separation in the timeline ↓John Lennon's birth chart
This is how a birth chart reads: the wheel plots John Lennon's placements at the moment of birth, and the three below anchor everything else on this page. Try it on your own chart to run the same read on a chart of your own.
☾ Born Oct 9, 1940 · 6:30 PM GMT+1 · Liverpool · Birth data: A · See sources
3 placements that explain this chart
John Lennon balanced intellectual detachment with volatile emotional honesty, anchoring his radical public statements in an unyielding quest for personal authenticity.
The core drive: diplomatic, aesthetic, and always weighing the other side.
The emotional undercurrent: independent, idea-driven, and a little ahead of the room.
The first impression: first through the door, decisive, and impatient with anything half-done.
How John Lennon's chart holds together
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with John Lennon's.
This is what a whole chart looks like at once, before it breaks into individual placements: where the element and modality weight sits, and how the four quadrants divide.
Elements and modalities
Earth-led and fixed by a slight margin.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 🜃 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 🜁 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 🜄 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 2 | 6 | 2 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
Some charts hold a recognizable shape across several placements at once. This is what a pattern reading looks like when one is present.
Chart patterns that stand out
Sun conjunct an angle: right at the chart's most visible points
See celebrities with this pattern →Venus unaspected: running with no major aspect to anchor it
See celebrities with this pattern →Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune loading up one element
See celebrities with this pattern →Moon, Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Pluto loading up one modality
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Twelve systems read John Lennon's chart
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →The same birth data, read through each system in turn: this is what a full multi-system reading looks like on one chart.
Natal Chart
placidus houses
Full natal readingCollapse
Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith | ♈︎ Aries 13°22' | 12 | - | — | — |
| Saturn | ♉︎ Taurus 13°13' | 1 | ℞ | — | — |
| Jupiter | ♉︎ Taurus 13°42' | 1 | ℞ | — | — |
| Uranus | ♉︎ Taurus 25°33' | 1 | ℞ | — | — |
| Chiron | ♌︎ Leo 0°34' | 5 | - | — | — |
| Pluto | ♌︎ Leo 4°11' | 5 | - | — | — |
| Venus | ♍︎ Virgo 3°13' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Neptune | ♍︎ Virgo 26°02' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Mars | ♎︎ Libra 2°40' | 6 | - | — | — |
| North node | ♎︎ Libra 11°02' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Sun | ♎︎ Libra 16°16' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Mercury | ♏︎ Scorpio 8°33' | 7 | - | — | — |
| Moon | ♒︎ Aquarius 3°33' | 11 | - | — | — |
| South node | ♈︎ Aries 11°02' | — | - | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♈︎ Aries | 19°53' | ♄︎♃︎♅︎ |
| House 2 | ♉︎ Taurus | 29°36' | - |
| House 3 | ♊︎ Gemini | 20°17' | - |
| House 4 | ♋︎ Cancer | 7°08' | - |
| House 5 | ♋︎ Cancer | 25°23' | ⚷♇︎ |
| House 6 | ♌︎ Leo | 22°13' | ♀︎♆︎♂︎☊☉︎ |
| House 7 | ♎︎ Libra | 19°53' | ☿︎ |
| House 8 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 29°36' | - |
| House 9 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 20°17' | - |
| House 10 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 7°08' | - |
| House 11 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 25°23' | ☽︎ |
| House 12 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 22°13' | ⚸ |
Full aspects · 26
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden A · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
- 1960s8 EVENTS
John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon marry
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Uranus conjunction Venus
Forty days after their wedding, Uranus met Venus in the sixth house, marking a sudden disruption to the daily routines and private stability of their new marriage.
John Lennon's chart on the wedding day, 1962Collapse
Mar 22Aug 23Jan 24Mar 22, 1962 – Jan 24, 1963 · 308 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto sextile Mercuryslow
- Chiron trine Mercuryslow
- Saturn square Mercuryslow
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Uranus conjunction Venusslow
- Saturn conjunction Moonslow
- Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow
- Jupiter sextile Midheavenfast
- Jupiter trine Mercuryfast
- North Node square Mercuryfast
John Lennon's child Julian Lennon is born
Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Saturn sextile Ascendant
Nine days before Julian was born, Saturn sextile the Ascendant brought a power window of maturing duty and steady responsibility to his public identity as a new father.
John Lennon's chart on the day of a birth, 1963Collapse
Oct 10Apr 8Oct 5Oct 10, 1962 – Oct 5, 1963 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus conjunction Venusslow
- Saturn sextile Ascendantslow
- Pluto sextile Mercuryslow
- Jupiter opposition Marsfast
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
US TV debut watched by ~73 million; the start of American Beatlemania.Source ↗
Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Jupiter opposition Sun
Arriving 1 day after the historic broadcast, Jupiter opposing the twelfth-house Sun highlighted a massive surge in global visibility and outsized public recognition.
John Lennon's chart on a career milestone, 1964Collapse
Sep 14Feb 9Jul 6Sep 14, 1963 – Jul 6, 1964 · 296 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Midheavenslow
- Uranus sextile Mercuryslow
- Jupiter opposition Sunfast
Order of the British Empire 1965
Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 1
No dated transit window covers this date in John Lennon's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
John Lennon and Cynthia Lennon divorce
Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Uranus trine Moon
Thirty days after the divorce, Uranus trine the sixth-house Moon signaled emotional liberation and sudden changes in daily life.
John Lennon's chart on the day of the divorce, 1968Collapse
Jul 12Nov 8Mar 7Jul 12, 1968 – Mar 7, 1969 · 238 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Saturn conjunction Ascendantslow
- Uranus conjunction Marsslow
- North Node square Midheavenfast
John Lennon's child John Ono Lennon is born
Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Uranus trine Moon
Perfecting 17 days after the birth, Uranus trining his sixth-house Moon signaled a period of rapid emotional change and domestic disruption.
John Lennon's chart on the day of a birth, 1968Collapse
Aug 7Nov 21Mar 7Aug 7, 1968 – Mar 7, 1969 · 212 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Saturn conjunction Ascendantslow
- Uranus conjunction Marsslow
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
- North Node square Midheavenfast
Yoko Ono and John Lennon marry
Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Uranus trine Moon
Occurring 102 days before their wedding, Uranus trine Moon in the sixth house opened a power window that realigned domestic life toward an unconventional partnership.
John Lennon's chart on the wedding day, 1969Collapse
Dec 8Mar 20Jun 30Dec 8, 1968 – Jun 30, 1969 · 204 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Uranus conjunction Marsslow
- Chiron opposition Marsslow
- Chiron sextile Moonslow
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
- North Node opposition Marsfast
John Lennon's child John Lennon III is born
Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Uranus trine Moon
Uranus trined his Moon in the sixth house 27 days before the birth, marking a powerful window of sudden emotional change as fatherhood neared.
John Lennon's chart on the day of a birth, 1969Collapse
Apr 14Oct 11Apr 9Apr 14, 1969 – Apr 9, 1970 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron sextile Moonslow
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Saturn opposition Mercuryslow
- Chiron opposition Marsslow
- Uranus conjunction Marsslow
- Saturn trine Midheavenslow
- Jupiter conjunction Sunfast
- 1970s6 EVENTS
The Beatles break up
Paul McCartney announces his departure, effectively ending the band.Source ↗
Personal year 9 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Neptune square Venus
Neptune squared eighth-house Venus 38 days before the breakup, dissolving the band's shared financial and creative bonds during an intense power window.
John Lennon's chart on a career milestone, 1970Collapse
Nov 13Apr 10Sep 5Nov 13, 1969 – Sep 5, 1970 · 296 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Chiron square Midheavenslow
- Saturn opposition Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Venusslow
- Jupiter square Moonfast
- Jupiter sextile Venusfast
43rd Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Neptune sextile Moon
Neptune formed a power window sextile to Moon in the eighth house 11 days after the Oscar nod, deepening the emotional resonance of the honor.
John Lennon's chart on award day, 1971Collapse
Jan 24Feb 23Mar 25Jan 24 – Mar 25, 1971 · 60 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune sextile Marsslow
- Chiron square Midheavenslow
- Neptune sextile Moonslow
- Jupiter sextile Moonfast
- Jupiter square Venusfast
43rd Academy Awards
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Neptune sextile Moon
Forty days before the ceremony, Neptune sextile the eighth-house Moon opened an emotional power window that set an inspired, receptive mood for the upcoming honors.
John Lennon's chart on award day, 1971Collapse
Jan 26Apr 15Jul 3Jan 26 – Jul 3, 1971 · 158 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune sextile Marsslow
- Neptune sextile Moonslow
- North Node sextile Ascendantfast
- Jupiter square Venusfast
John Lennon and May Pang begin a relationship
Wikidata P451 claim on Q1203, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 5
No dated transit window covers this date in John Lennon's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
John Lennon and May Pang end their relationship
Wikidata P451 claim on Q1203, P582 end time qualifier at year precision.
Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 5
No dated transit window covers this date in John Lennon's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
John Lennon's child Sean Lennon is born
Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 5
Editorial note · Uranus square Moon
Arriving 29 days after Sean was born, Uranus square Moon in the seventh house marked a period of sudden, electric reorganization within John Lennon's domestic sphere and closest bonds.
John Lennon's chart on the day of a birth, 1975Collapse
Aug 5Oct 9Dec 13Aug 5 – Dec 13, 1975 · 130 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn sextile Marsslow
- Pluto square Midheavenslow
- Uranus sextile Venusslow
- Uranus square Moonslow
- Saturn opposition Moonslow
- Jupiter conjunction Ascendantfast
- 1980s2 EVENTS
- 5 YEARS UNRECORDED
Double Fantasy released
Joint album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, released three weeks before his death.Source ↗
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 6
Editorial note · Jupiter trine Moon
The album's release was met with an expansive and harmonious emotional response from the public regarding the work.
John Lennon's chart on release day, 1980Collapse
Sep 1Nov 17Feb 2Sep 1, 1980 – Feb 2, 1981 · 154 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Ascendantslow
- North Node sextile Sunfast
- Jupiter trine Moonfast
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
John Lennon dies
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 6
Editorial note · Saturn square Midheaven
Ten days before his death, transit Saturn square Midheaven in house six marked a heavy power window, signaling a fateful, somber disruption to his public standing and mortal path.
Human Design
generator · 2_4 · emotional
This chart doesn't include centre data, so the bodygraph and the centres list aren't shown.
Full Human Design readingCollapse
This chart doesn't include centre data, so the bodygraph and the centres list aren't shown.
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
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Incarnation crossThe Right Angle Cross of Penetration
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Hologenetic profile & activation sequence
Hologenetic profile & activation sequence
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Hologenetic Profile
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Sidereal lunar mansions & dashas
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Ayanamsa: 23.0299 · Dasha system: Vimshottari · Ascendant nakshatra omitted: no trusted birth time
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 73 · White Wizard · Galactic
Ix · Galactic tone
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Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 6
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
dragon · metal
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 庚 | 辰 |
| Month | 丙 | 戌 |
| Day | 乙 | 巳 |
| Hour | 乙 | 酉 |
Day master
乙 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Feng Shui
Kua 6
Favorable: West, Northeast, Southwest, Northwest
Full Feng Shui readingCollapse
Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
Ask the Sage about John Lennon
The Sage reads every placement on this page in context. Ask what John Lennon's chart means, or bring your own.
Begin your journeyQuestions about John Lennon's birth chart
What is John Lennon's zodiac sign?
John Lennon's Sun sign is Libra.
What is John Lennon's moon and rising sign?
John Lennon has a Aquarius Moon and a Aries rising.
When was John Lennon born?
John Lennon was born on Oct 9, 1940.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of A: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Confirmed by the person or someone close to them: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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