Jimi Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. In the mid-1960s he played in the backing bands of the Isley Brothers and Little Richard, then moved to London in late 1966 and formed the Jimi Hendrix Experience with bassist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell. The group had three UK top-ten hits, "Hey Joe", "Purple Haze" and "The Wind Cries Mary", and released Are You Experienced in 1967. His set at the Monterey Pop Festival that June introduced him to American audiences. Axis: Bold as Love followed in 1967 and Electric Ladyland in 1968, the latter his only number-one album on the Billboard 200. He headlined the Woodstock Festival in 1969, and in 1992 the Experience was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He died on September 18, 1970.
A birth certificate, corrected by affidavit
The file cites "B.C. in hand from Janice Mackay, 2/1996," and adds: "His birth certificate originally read Johnny Allen Hendrix, but was corrected by affidavit on 9/11/1946 to James Marshall Hendrix." The hour comes straight from the certificate, which is why the entry earns AA. It lists nothing else.
Seattle was on Pacific War Time that November, seven hours behind Greenwich with no seasonal change, and the chart takes 10:15 a.m. on that clock.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 8:12 a.m. to 10:38 a.m. | Scorpio before, Capricorn after |
| Midheaven | ♎︎ Libra | 8:46 a.m. to 10:36 a.m. | Virgo before, Scorpio after |
| Moon | ♋︎ Cancer | midnight to 2:09 p.m. | Leo after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Seattle, Washington, Pacific War Time (UTC-7), the year-round daylight time of 1942–1945.
Sagittarius in front of the ascendant, filed by two house systems
The Sun at 4°50′, Mercury at 2°57′ and Venus at 7°36′ fill the first stretch of Sagittarius, and the sign also rises, so Whole Sign gives all three to the first house. Placidus differs: the Sun and Mercury go to the 11th, which the tradition ties to followers and crowds, and Venus to the 12th.
The Sun and Mercury lie 1°53′ apart, and that pair in Sagittarius suggests thought moving at the pace of the will. The ascendant is 24°41′ Sagittarius, with Sagittarius up from 8:12 a.m. and the birth 123 minutes into it.
Our pages: Sagittarius · Mercury in Sagittarius · Venus in Sagittarius · Sagittarius rising · 11th house · 1st house.
Venus trine Pluto, 0°25′ from exact
Venus trines retrograde Pluto at 7°11′ of Leo, nearer to exact than any other aspect here. A fire trine linking taste to depth suggests appeal with weight behind it.
Pluto falls in the 8th house under Placidus, the 9th under Whole Sign, which the tradition ties to far journeys and beliefs. Venus is in the 12th under Placidus, so one system keeps the link private and the other sends it traveling.
Our pages: Pluto in Leo · Venus in Sagittarius · 9th house · 12th house.
Mercury across the horizon from Uranus
Retrograde Uranus at 2°28′ of Gemini opposes Mercury, 0°29′ off. Whole Sign stretches that line from the 1st house to the 7th, the axis that joins self and others, while Placidus gives it the 11th and 5th.
Gemini and Sagittarius face each other as opposite signs, and the tradition reads Uranus there as sudden ideas set against a settled way of speaking.
Our pages: Uranus in Gemini · Neptune in Libra · 7th house · 5th house.
A Cancer Moon with 3.9 hours left in the sign
The Moon came into Cancer at 1:17 a.m. on November 25 and stands at 28°05′, among the last degrees of the sign. It leaves for Leo at 2:10 p.m., 3.9 hours after the recorded birth. A Moon this late in its sign points to feeling already turning toward the next one.
Retrograde Jupiter at 24°52′ of Cancer joins the Moon, 3°13′ off. Jupiter rules Sagittarius, so the ruler of the Sun and the ascendant stands with the Moon and the tradition counts Cancer as the sign where Jupiter is lifted. The pair occupies the 7th house under Placidus and the 8th under Whole Sign.
Our pages: Moon in Cancer · Jupiter in Cancer · 7th house · 8th house · moon sign calculator.
Libra overhead, Mars in Scorpio
The midheaven is 24°12′ Libra, with Libra there from 8:46 a.m. to 10:36 a.m. Libra overhead points to a public side shaped by balance and style, and its ruler Venus sits in Sagittarius beside the ascendant.
Mars at 17°31′ of Scorpio is in the 10th house under Placidus, close to the zenith, and in the 12th under Whole Sign. The tradition reads the first as drive in public and the second as drive out of sight.
Our pages: Midheaven in Libra · Mars in Scorpio · 10th house · rising sign calculator.
All major aspects between the planets in Jimi Hendrix's chart
- Venus trine Pluto orb 0°25′
- Mercury opposition Uranus orb 0°29′
- Uranus trine Neptune orb 0°48′
- Mercury sextile Neptune orb 1°16′
- Venus opposition Saturn orb 1°46′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 1°53′
- Saturn sextile Pluto orb 2°12′
- Sun trine Pluto orb 2°21′
- Sun opposition Uranus orb 2°22′
- Sun conjunction Venus orb 2°46′
- Sun sextile Neptune orb 3°10′
- Moon conjunction Jupiter orb 3°13′
- Moon sextile Neptune orb 3°36′
- Mercury trine Pluto orb 4°14′
- Moon sextile Uranus orb 4°24′
- Sun opposition Saturn orb 4°32′
- Mercury conjunction Venus orb 4°39′
- Uranus sextile Pluto orb 4°42′
- Moon trine Mercury orb 4°52′
- Venus opposition Uranus orb 5°08′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 5°30′
- Venus sextile Neptune orb 5°56′
- Mercury opposition Saturn orb 6°25′
- Sun trine Moon orb 6°45′
- Saturn conjunction Uranus orb 6°54′
- Mars trine Jupiter orb 7°20′
- Saturn trine Neptune orb 7°42′
- Moon conjunction Pluto orb 9°06′
- Moon trine Venus orb 9°31′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 9°58′
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 Jimi Hendrix's chart
What rises for Jimi Hendrix?
Sagittarius, at 24°41′ Sagittarius, on the Seattle horizon from 8:12 a.m.
Is Jimi Hendrix a Sagittarius?
Yes, with the Sun at 4°50′ of Sagittarius and Mercury and Venus in the sign too.
Where is his Moon?
In Cancer, at 28°05′, which it entered at 1:17 a.m. on November 25 and leaves at 2:10 p.m. on the birth date.
What time was he born?
10:15 a.m. in Seattle, taken from a birth certificate in hand and kept on Pacific War Time.
Which pair sits closest to exact?
Venus and Pluto, in a trine 0°25′ wide.
What sits on his midheaven?
Libra, at 24°12′ Libra, since 8:46 a.m.
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 Jimi Hendrix'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.