Actress Jane Fonda, daughter of Henry Fonda, made her screen debut in Tall Story (1960) and rose to fame with Cat Ballou (1965), Barefoot in the Park (1967) and Barbarella (1968). Her first Oscar nomination came for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969), and Klute (1971) and Coming Home (1978) each won her Best Actress. The China Syndrome (1979), 9 to 5 (1980) and On Golden Pond (1981) followed. In 1982 she released Jane Fonda's Workout, which became the highest-selling home video of the next few years. Grace and Frankie on Netflix (2015 to 2022) and Book Club (2018) came later. She received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 2014 and the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2021.
A morning certificate, and an evening time passed along
Astro-Databank rates 9:14 a.m. AA because a birth certificate is in hand, as its Source Notes say in one line. An earlier version of the entry used 7:57 p.m., which an astrologer had heard from a relative by marriage.
At 7:57 p.m. the ascendant would be Leo, 13°08′, under a Taurus midheaven. The Moon stays in Leo in both rows.
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:14 a.m. | birth certificate in hand; rated AA | ♑︎ Capricorn 28°20′ | Leo |
| 7:57 p.m. | older entry, from a relative by marriage | ♌︎ Leo 13°08′ | Leo |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♑︎ Capricorn | 7:26 a.m. to 9:19 a.m. | Sagittarius before, Aquarius after |
| Midheaven | ♏︎ Scorpio | 7:49 a.m. to 9:48 a.m. | Libra before, Sagittarius after |
| Moon | ♌︎ Leo | midnight to 10:56 p.m. | Virgo after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for each time, Manhattan, New York, Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5).
Four bodies a degree or less from the edge of a sign
The Sun at 29°19′ of Sagittarius is 0°41′ short of Capricorn. Mars at 29°53′ of Aquarius is 0°07′ short of Pisces, and retrograde Pluto at 29°37′ of Cancer is 0°23′ short of Leo. Jupiter stands at 0°19′, the first degree of Aquarius.
Tradition reads a last degree as a sign at full pitch with the next one pressing in, and a first degree as a sign only starting. Here the chart holds both kinds.
Our pages: Sagittarius · Mars in Aquarius · Jupiter in Aquarius · Pluto in Cancer · Saturn in Pisces.
Sun sextile Mars, square Saturn, and into Capricorn at 1:22 a.m. on December 22
The Sun leaves Sagittarius 16.1 hours after the recorded minute. Placidus files it in the 11th house, Whole Sign in the 12th.
Its sextile to Mars, 0°34′ from exact, and its square to Saturn, 0°37′, are the two tightest aspects of the chart. The sextile gives drive an easy outlet, and the square is a standing demand for discipline.
Our pages: Sagittarius traits · Mars in Aquarius · Saturn in Pisces · 11th house · 12th house.
Jupiter behind the ascendant, Pluto beside the descendant
Jupiter stands 1°59′ past the ascendant. Placidus puts it in the 1st house and Whole Sign in the 2nd. Pluto stands 1°17′ past the descendant in the 7th house, and the two oppose each other within 0°42′.
That makes the horizon the busiest axis of the chart: growth on the side of the self, depth on the side of the partner. Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, trines Pluto within 0°55′ and sextiles Jupiter within 1°37′, so the planet that rules the ascendant touches both ends.
Our pages: Jupiter in Aquarius · Pluto in Cancer · 1st house · 7th house · how to read a birth chart.
Capricorn held the horizon until 9:19 a.m., with Scorpio overhead
Capricorn rose at 7:26 a.m., and she was born 108 minutes into its stretch, with 5 minutes left before Aquarius took over. The ascendant at 28°20′ Capricorn gives a composed, structured first impression. Scorpio held the midheaven, 21°40′ Scorpio, from 7:49 a.m. to 9:48 a.m.
Retrograde Mercury at 15°34′ sits in the rising sign. Placidus files it under the 12th house, Whole Sign under the 1st, and a backward-moving Mercury in the sign of structure suggests thought turned inward first.
Our pages: Capricorn rising · Midheaven in Scorpio · Mercury in Capricorn · 12th house · rising sign calculator.
A Leo Moon, 36.4 hours into its sign, trine Venus
Leo took the Moon at 8:49 p.m. on December 19, and the Moon stays there until 10:56 p.m. that night, then moves on to Virgo. At 22°00′ it lies across the chart from the Capricorn horizon: house 7 in Placidus, house 8 in Whole Sign.
A Leo Moon goes with feeling that wants warmth and an audience. It trines Venus, 3°20′ from exact, and Venus at 18°39′ shares Sagittarius with the Sun, so the fire of the Moon answers the fire of the Sun.
Our pages: Moon in Leo · Venus in Sagittarius · 7th house · 8th house · moon sign calculator.
All major aspects between the planets in Jane Fonda's chart
- Sun sextile Mars orb 0°34′
- Sun square Saturn orb 0°37′
- Jupiter opposition Pluto orb 0°42′
- Saturn trine Pluto orb 0°55′
- Jupiter sextile Saturn orb 1°37′
- Venus square Neptune orb 2°30′
- Moon trine Venus orb 3°20′
- Mercury trine Uranus orb 5°31′
- Mercury trine Neptune orb 5°36′
- Sun trine Moon orb 7°19′
- Saturn opposition Neptune orb 7°33′
- Moon opposition Mars orb 7°54′
- Sun square Neptune orb 8°10′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Jane Fonda's chart
Which sign rises for Jane Fonda?
Capricorn, at 28°20′ Capricorn, from the 9:14 a.m. on her birth certificate.
Is Jane Fonda a Sagittarius?
Yes, though only just: the Sun stood at 29°19′ and entered Capricorn 16.1 hours after the birth.
Where is her Moon?
Leo, at 22°00′, through 10:56 p.m. that night.
What are the date and place of her birth?
Manhattan, New York, December 21, 1937.
Would the 7:57 p.m. time change her chart?
It would move the rising sign to Leo, at 13°08′, while the Moon stays in Leo.
Which aspect is tightest?
Sun sextile Mars, 0°34′ from exact.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Jane Fonda's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.