The life of Muhammad Ali
Who was Muhammad Ali?
Muhammad Ali won the world heavyweight title three times and fought Joe Frazier in three bouts that defined the sport in the 1970s. He refused induction into the US military in 1967 on religious grounds, was stripped of his title and convicted, and did not fight for over three years until the Supreme Court overturned the conviction. He had won Olympic gold in 1960 as Cassius Clay and changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome in 1984 and lived with it for three decades.
Defining moments
Muhammad Ali and Sonji Roi divorce
Neptune squared Ali's Ascendant from the fourth house 64 days before the divorce, dissolving the domestic foundation and personal clarity of his marriage during a major power window.
The Divorce in the timeline ↓Muhammad Ali's child Laila Ali is born
Fifty days before Laila was born, Uranus squaring his fourth-house Moon stirred sudden disruptions in his home life during a powerful window of domestic transition.
The Birth in the timeline ↓Muhammad Ali and Khalilah Ali marry
Neptune squared Venus in the fourth house 13 days before the wedding, infusing his domestic future with romantic idealism during a powerful astrological window.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓Muhammad Ali dies
Five days before his death, Saturn sextile Mercury in the fourth house marked a solemn moment of mental peace and closure with his family.
The Death in the timeline ↓Fight of the Century: Ali vs Frazier at Madison Square Garden
Arriving 18 days after the bout, Saturn squaring the Ascendant from the tenth house marked a grueling power window of public reckoning and sobering career gravity.
The Career Milestone in the timeline ↓Muhammad Ali's birth chart
This is how a birth chart reads: the wheel plots Muhammad Ali'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 Jan 17, 1942 · 6:35 PM EDT · Louisville, Kentucky · Birth data: AA · See sources
3 placements that explain this chart
Grounded by a heavy Earth signature and a Capricorn Sun in the sixth house of physical preparation, Muhammad Ali paired relentless athletic labor with an outspoken, fixed Aquarius Moon that challenged social orthodoxy.
The core drive: ambitious, patient, and building toward something built to last.
The emotional undercurrent: independent, idea-driven, and a little ahead of the room.
The first impression: warm, performative, and happiest when it has an audience worth the effort.
How Muhammad Ali's chart holds together
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with Muhammad Ali'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 wide margin.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 🜃 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 🜁 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 🜄 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1 | 7 | 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
Venus conjunct an angle: right at the chart's most visible points
See celebrities with this pattern →Venus & Uranus in mutual reception: each at home in the other's sign
See celebrities with this pattern →Grand Trine: Sun, Uranus & Neptune in flowing harmony
See celebrities with this pattern →Sun, Mars, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune loading up one element
See celebrities with this pattern →A missing element: no planets carrying that element at all
See celebrities with this pattern →Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Uranus & Pluto loading up one modality
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Twelve systems read Muhammad Ali'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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mars | ♉︎ Taurus 3°03' | 9 | - | — | — |
| Saturn | ♉︎ Taurus 21°40' | 10 | ℞ | — | — |
| Uranus | ♉︎ Taurus 26°28' | 10 | ℞ | — | — |
| Lilith | ♊︎ Gemini 5°11' | 10 | - | — | — |
| Jupiter | ♊︎ Gemini 11°57' | 10 | ℞ | — | — |
| Pluto | ♌︎ Leo 4°48' | 12 | ℞ | — | — |
| Chiron | ♌︎ Leo 12°29' | 12 | ℞ | — | — |
| North node | ♍︎ Virgo 14°16' | 2 | ℞ | — | — |
| Neptune | ♍︎ Virgo 29°48' | 2 | ℞ | — | — |
| Sun | ♑︎ Capricorn 27°18' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Moon | ♒︎ Aquarius 12°26' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Mercury | ♒︎ Aquarius 13°31' | 6 | - | — | — |
| Venus | ♒︎ Aquarius 20°40' | 7 | ℞ | — | — |
| South node | ♓︎ Pisces 14°16' | — | - | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♌︎ Leo | 19°32' | - |
| House 2 | ♍︎ Virgo | 12°06' | ☊♆︎ |
| House 3 | ♎︎ Libra | 9°34' | - |
| House 4 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 12°14' | - |
| House 5 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 17°21' | - |
| House 6 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 20°26' | ☉︎☽︎☿︎ |
| House 7 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 19°32' | ♀︎ |
| House 8 | ♓︎ Pisces | 12°06' | - |
| House 9 | ♈︎ Aries | 9°34' | ♂︎ |
| House 10 | ♉︎ Taurus | 12°14' | ♄︎♅︎⚸♃︎ |
| House 11 | ♊︎ Gemini | 17°21' | - |
| House 12 | ♋︎ Cancer | 20°26' | ♇︎⚷ |
Full aspects · 29
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden AA · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
- 1960s3 EVENTS
Muhammad Ali and Sonji Roi marry
Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 9
Editorial note · Pluto trine Midheaven
Pluto trined his Midheaven from the second house 135 days before the wedding, marking a powerful shift in his status and material stability ahead of marriage.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the wedding day, 1964Collapse
Apr 1Aug 14Dec 27Apr 1 – Dec 27, 1964 · 270 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto trine Midheavenslow
- Saturn sextile Marsslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Moonslow
- Neptune opposition Midheavenslow
Muhammad Ali and Sonji Roi divorce
Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 9
Editorial note · Neptune square Ascendant
Neptune squared Ali's Ascendant from the fourth house 64 days before the divorce, dissolving the domestic foundation and personal clarity of his marriage during a major power window.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the day of the divorce, 1966Collapse
Jul 14Jan 10Jul 9Jul 14, 1965 – Jul 9, 1966 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune square Ascendantslow
- Neptune square Ascendantslow
- Neptune square Venusslow
- Saturn sextile Midheavenslow
Muhammad Ali and Khalilah Ali marry
Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 9
Editorial note · Neptune square Venus
Neptune squared Venus in the fourth house 13 days before the wedding, infusing his domestic future with romantic idealism during a powerful astrological window.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the wedding day, 1967Collapse
Jul 8Aug 17Sep 26Jul 8 – Sep 26, 1967 · 80 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn sextile Moonslow
- Chiron sextile Sunslow
- Neptune square Venusslow
- Saturn sextile Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Ascendantslow
- North Node conjunction Marsfast
- Jupiter conjunction Ascendantfast
- 1970s6 EVENTS
- 4 QUIET YEARS
Fight of the Century: Ali vs Frazier at Madison Square Garden
Frazier handed Ali his first professional defeat over fifteen rounds; both men were undefeated going in.Source ↗
Personal year 9 · Pinnacle 9
Editorial note · Saturn square Ascendant
Arriving 18 days after the bout, Saturn squaring the Ascendant from the tenth house marked a grueling power window of public reckoning and sobering career gravity.
Muhammad Ali's chart on a career milestone, 1971Collapse
Nov 2Mar 8Jul 12Nov 2, 1970 – Jul 12, 1971 · 252 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Mercuryslow
- Pluto trine Sunslow
- Saturn square Venusslow
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Saturn square Ascendantslow
- North Node conjunction Venusfast
- 4 QUIET YEARS
Thrilla in Manila: Ali vs Frazier III
Their third and final meeting, stopped before the fifteenth round at the Araneta Coliseum.Source ↗
Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 6
6 passages in force · Chiron square Sun · Uranus opposition Mars · Saturn square Mars · Jupiter sextile Venus · North Node square Venus · Jupiter trine Ascendant
Muhammad Ali's chart on a career milestone, 1975Collapse
Jun 30Oct 1Jan 2Jun 30, 1975 – Jan 2, 1976 · 186 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron square Sunslow
- Uranus opposition Marsslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Jupiter sextile Venusfast
- North Node square Venusfast
- Jupiter trine Ascendantfast
Muhammad Ali's child Hana Ali is born
Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 6
Editorial note · Neptune sextile Moon
Six days before Hana Ali was born, Neptune sextiled his fourth-house Moon, setting a tone of deep tenderness and domestic devotion for his daughter's arrival.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the day of a birth, 1976Collapse
Mar 16Jun 15Sep 14Mar 16 – Sep 14, 1976 · 182 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune sextile Mercuryslow
- Uranus opposition Marsslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Neptune sextile Moonslow
- Chiron conjunction Marsslow
- North Node square Mercuryfast
- North Node opposition Midheavenfast
- North Node square Moonfast
- Jupiter square Venusfast
- Jupiter square Ascendantfast
Muhammad Ali and Khalilah Ali divorce
Wikidata P26 claim on Q36107, P582 end time qualifier at year precision.
Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 6
No dated transit window covers this date in Muhammad Ali's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
Muhammad Ali and Veronica Porché Ali marry
Wikidata P26 claim on Q36107, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 6
No dated transit window covers this date in Muhammad Ali's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
Muhammad Ali's child Laila Ali is born
Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 6
Editorial note · Uranus square Moon
Fifty days before Laila was born, Uranus squaring his fourth-house Moon stirred sudden disruptions in his home life during a powerful window of domestic transition.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the day of a birth, 1977Collapse
Jul 3Dec 30Jun 28Jul 3, 1977 – Jun 28, 1978 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Mercuryslow
- Uranus square Moonslow
- Chiron conjunction Marsslow
- Uranus opposition Midheavenslow
- North Node trine Moonfast
- 1980s2 EVENTS
- 9 YEARS UNRECORDED
Muhammad Ali and Veronica Porché Ali divorce
Wikidata P26 claim on Q36107, P582 end time qualifier at year precision.
Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 6
No dated transit window covers this date in Muhammad Ali's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
Muhammad Ali and Yolanda Williams marry
Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 6
Editorial note · Uranus trine Ascendant
Exactly 139 days before their wedding, Uranus trine his Ascendant in the fifth house marked a powerful window of authentic personal renewal and romantic alignment.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the wedding day, 1986Collapse
Jul 3Nov 19Apr 7Jul 3, 1986 – Apr 7, 1987 · 278 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Uranus trine Ascendantslow
- Chiron sextile Ascendantslow
- Chiron trine Venusslow
- Uranus sextile Venusslow
- North Node trine Ascendantfast
- North Node sextile Venusfast
- Jupiter sextile Midheavenfast
- 2000s1 EVENTS
- 16 QUIET YEARS
Hollywood Walk of Fame 2002
Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Uranus conjunction Venus
Peaking 72 days before the Walk of Fame star, this powerhouse Uranus-Venus transit marked a sudden, electric surge in public affection.
Muhammad Ali's chart on award day, 2002Collapse
Oct 31Jan 11Mar 24Oct 31, 2001 – Mar 24, 2002 · 144 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron trine Marsslow
- Uranus conjunction Venusslow
- 2010s1 EVENTS
- 14 QUIET YEARS
Muhammad Ali dies
Personal year 9 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Saturn sextile Mercury
Five days before his death, Saturn sextile Mercury in the fourth house marked a solemn moment of mental peace and closure with his family.
Muhammad Ali's chart on the day of death, 2016Collapse
May 4Jun 3Jul 3May 4 – Jul 3, 2016 · 60 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn sextile Mercuryslow
- Jupiter trine Midheavenfast
Human Design
manifesting_generator · 1_4 · emotional
This chart doesn't include centre data, so the bodygraph and the centres list aren't shown.
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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 Laws
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: 23.0477 · Dasha system: Vimshottari · Ascendant nakshatra omitted: no trusted birth time
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 18 · Blue Storm · Overtone
Cauac · Overtone 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 7
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
snake · metal
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 辛 | 巳 |
| Month | 辛 | 丑 |
| Day | 庚 | 寅 |
| Hour | 乙 | 酉 |
Day master
庚 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 4
Favorable: North, South, East, Southeast
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 Muhammad Ali
The Sage reads every placement on this page in context. Ask what Muhammad Ali's chart means, or bring your own.
Begin your journeyQuestions about Muhammad Ali's birth chart
What is Muhammad Ali's zodiac sign?
Muhammad Ali's Sun sign is Capricorn.
What is Muhammad Ali's moon and rising sign?
Muhammad Ali has a Aquarius Moon and a Leo rising.
When was Muhammad Ali born?
Muhammad Ali was born on Jan 17, 1942.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of AA: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Verified by a birth certificate or official record: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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