Splay shape
242° spanIrregular clumps — a chart that refuses a tidy description.
James Franco Birth Chart
Born April 19, 1978 in Palo Alto, California. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Aries29° 41'
- Moon Virgo21° 21'
- Rising Scorpio3° 54'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Pluto
- the planet traditionally in charge of a given sign
- Sect
- Night chart
- whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
- Dominant element
- Fire
- the element most of the planets fall in
- Dominant modality
- Cardinal
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Saturn
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Moon △ Venus
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of James Franco
- Full Name
- James Franco
- Gender
- male
- Date of Birth
- April 19, 1978
- Birth Time
- 07:04 PM
- Birth Place
- Palo Alto, California
- Timezone
- America/Los_Angeles
Creator
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Sarah Mitchell, M.A. in Cultural Astronomy & Astrology and Marcus Reynolds, Professional Astrologer & Astronomer
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Position of Planets
| Planet | Sign | Degree | House | Condition | What it does here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SunIdentity | Aries | 29° 41' | 6Work & health | honoured guest — works at full volume | leads with action and works out the details on the move |
| MoonInstinct | Virgo | 21° 21' | 11Community & hopes | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | manages worry by fixing something small and concrete |
| MercuryMind | Aries | 15° 57'℞ | 6Work & health | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | says the thing before the sentence is fully built |
| VenusAttraction | Taurus | 21° 12' | 7Partnership | in its own sign — operates without translation | loves steadily and shows it in things that can be touched |
| MarsDrive | Leo | 3° 27' | 9Belief & distance | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | performs the effort and wants credit for having made it |
| JupiterExpansion | Cancer | 1° 13' | 8Depth & shared resources | honoured guest — works at full volume | grows through the people it takes in and looks after |
| SaturnDiscipline | Leo | 23° 40'℞ | 10Vocation & reputation | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | has to earn its confidence rather than assume it |
| UranusDisruption | Scorpio | 15° 1'℞ | 1Self & body | 2nd decan · Pisces | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Sagittarius | 18° 4'℞ | 2Money & values | 2nd decan · Aries | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Libra | 20° 50'℞ | 12Retreat & the unseen | 3rd decan · Gemini | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Scorpio | 3° 54' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Leo | 9° 15' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Taurus | 3° 54' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Aquarius | 9° 15' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Libra | 4° 46'℞ | 11 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Pisces | 25° 34' | 5 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moon · Venus | Trine | 0.16° | harmonious | Instinct works with Attraction |
| Sun · Jupiter | Sextile | 1.54° | harmonious | Identity works with Expansion |
| Mercury · Neptune | Trine | 2.12° | harmonious | Mind works with Imagination |
| Venus · Saturn | Square | 2.48° | challenging | Attraction pulls against Discipline |
| Neptune · Pluto | Sextile | 2.76° | harmonious | Imagination works with Transformation |
| Saturn · Pluto | Sextile | 2.84° | harmonious | Discipline works with Transformation |
| Moon · Neptune | Square | 3.28° | challenging | Instinct pulls against Imagination |
| Sun · Mars | Square | 3.78° | challenging | Identity pulls against Drive |
| Mercury · Pluto | Opposition | 4.88° | challenging | Mind pulls against Transformation |
| Saturn · Neptune | Trine | 5.60° | harmonious | Discipline works with Imagination |
| Sun · Saturn | Trine | 6.01° | harmonious | Identity works with Discipline |
| Venus · Uranus | Opposition | 6.18° | challenging | Attraction pulls against Disruption |
| Mercury · Saturn | Trine | 7.72° | harmonious | Mind works with Discipline |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | |||||||||
| Venus | trine, 0.16° | ||||||||
| Mars | square, 3.78° | ||||||||
| Jupiter | sextile, 1.54° | ||||||||
| Saturn | trine, 6.01° | trine, 7.72° | square, 2.48° | ||||||
| Uranus | opposition, 6.18° | ||||||||
| Neptune | square, 3.28° | trine, 2.12° | trine, 5.60° | ||||||
| Pluto | opposition, 4.88° | sextile, 2.84° | sextile, 2.76° | ||||||
| Sun | Moon | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune |
The Twelve Houses
| House | Covers | Cusp | Planets in it | Ruled by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IangularAscendant | Self & bodyappearance, manner, and the first thing people register | Scorpio3° 54' | Uranus | Plutoin Libra, house 12 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Sagittarius2° 33' | Neptune | Jupiterin Cancer, house 8 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Capricorn4° 49' | no planet | Saturnin Leo, house 10 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Aquarius9° 15' | no planet | Uranusin Scorpio, house 1 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Pisces12° 6' | no planet | Neptunein Sagittarius, house 2 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Aries10° 25' | Sun Mercury | Marsin Leo, house 9 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Taurus3° 54' | Venus | Venusin Taurus, house 7 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Gemini2° 33' | Jupiter | Mercuryin Aries, house 6 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Cancer4° 49' | Mars | Moonin Virgo, house 11 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Leo9° 15' | Saturn | Sunin Aries, house 6 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Virgo12° 6' | Moon | Mercuryin Aries, house 6 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Libra10° 25' | Pluto | Venusin Taurus, house 7 |
- angular:
- houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 — the four loudest positions in a chart
- succedent:
- houses 2, 5, 8 and 11 — positions that hold and consolidate
- cadent:
- houses 3, 6, 9 and 12 — quieter positions that adjust and absorb
Chart Patterns
Grand Trine
Fire- Mercury
- Saturn
- Neptune
Three planets in easy contact — a talent that needs no effort.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
5
Earth
2
Air
1
Water
2
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
4
Fixed
4
Mutable
2
- Dominant element: Fire
- Dominant modality: Cardinal
Above the horizon 6 · below 4 · east 5 · west 5
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
Gibbous
89% lit · 142° from the Sun
3Public & outwardhouses 10-12
3Others & exchangehouses 7-9
2Self & beginningshouses 1-3
2Roots & routinehouses 4-6
Quadrant: one of the four quarters of the wheel, three houses each.
Notable Features
5 of ten planets retrograde
Retrograde: appearing to move backwards from Earth, an effect of our own orbit.
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Night chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
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James Franco: Common Questions
What is James Franco's rising sign?
James Franco has Scorpio rising, at 3° 54'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is James Franco's Moon sign?
James Franco's Moon is in Virgo, in the 11th house of the chart.
Which planet rules James Franco's chart?
Pluto rules the chart, because Pluto governs the rising sign Scorpio, and it sits in the 12th house in Libra.
Which element is strongest in James Franco's chart?
Fire, with 5 of the ten planets in Fire signs.