Kurt Cobain grew up in Aberdeen, Washington, and in 1987 formed Nirvana with Krist Novoselic. The band's second album, Nevermind (1991), sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. He died on April 5, 1994, at 27.
The certificate from Montage of Heck
Astro-Databank rates the 7:38 p.m. time AA. Its source is the birth certificate shown on screen in the documentary Montage of Heck (2015). Before that, two other times were in use. His mother was quoted in 1994 for 7:20 p.m. The astrologer Thomas Germine obtained the certificate without a time on it and worked out 7:26 a.m. by rectification, a method that fits a time to life events.
The two evening times give the same rising sign, Virgo. The rectified morning time gives Pisces rising, which is why that version still turns up.
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7:38 p.m. | birth certificate in Montage of Heck, rated AA | ♍︎ Virgo 23°21′ | Cancer |
| 7:20 p.m. | his mother, quoted in 1994 | ♍︎ Virgo 20°00′ | Cancer |
| 7:26 a.m. | rectified by Thomas Germine | ♓︎ Pisces 5°21′ | Cancer |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♍︎ Virgo | 5:33 p.m. to 8:13 p.m. | Leo before, Libra after |
| Midheaven | ♊︎ Gemini | 6:06 p.m. to 8:13 p.m. | Taurus before, Cancer after |
| Moon | ♋︎ Cancer | all day | n/a |
Rising sign and Moon calculated by us for each time, Aberdeen, Pacific Standard Time.
Eight of ten planets in water signs
The water signs are Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces. In this chart the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn are in Pisces; the Moon and Jupiter in Cancer; Mars and Neptune in Scorpio. Only Uranus and Pluto, together in Virgo, are outside water.
We checked every day from 1930 to 2025 at noon UTC, 35,064 dates. Seven or more planets in water came up on 43 of them. Eight came up on exactly two, February 20 and 21, 1967. Anyone born on those two days shares the pattern.
The tradition links water with feeling, memory and sensitivity. Astrologers read a chart this lopsided as one where emotional life runs through almost everything, with little earth or air to balance it.
Our pages: Pisces · stellium calculator · birth chart calculator.
Four planets in Pisces, opposite the ascendant
His Sun is at 1°49′ of Pisces, early in the sign. Mercury, Venus and Saturn join it. With Whole Sign houses, where Virgo rising makes Pisces the 7th house, all four sit in the house of partners and open dealings. With Placidus the Sun and Mercury fall in the 6th instead, and Venus and Saturn in the 7th.
The Sun makes a trine to Mars in Scorpio that is almost exact, 0°01′ apart. Both stand in the second degree of their signs. Astrologers read a trine between the Sun and Mars as energy that flows easily into action.
Our pages: Mercury in Pisces · Venus in Pisces · Saturn in Pisces · Mars in Scorpio.
Cancer Moon and Jupiter near the midheaven
The Moon is at 13°24′ of Cancer, its own sign in the tradition, and stayed there all day, so every version of the chart agrees on it. Jupiter is in Cancer too. Both sit in the 10th house with Placidus, the house of public life, under a Gemini midheaven at 21°47′ Gemini.
His ascendant is at 23°21′ Virgo. Uranus and Pluto, the only planets outside water, are in Virgo close to it, in the 1st house with Whole Sign houses.
Our pages: Moon in Cancer · Jupiter in Cancer · Uranus in Virgo · Pluto in Virgo.
All major aspects between the planets in Kurt Cobain's chart
- Sun trine Mars orb 0°01′
- Venus trine Jupiter orb 0°52′
- Uranus sextile Neptune orb 1°06′
- Mercury opposition Pluto orb 1°20′
- Jupiter trine Neptune orb 1°21′
- Venus conjunction Saturn orb 2°10′
- Venus trine Neptune orb 2°13′
- Jupiter sextile Uranus orb 2°27′
- Jupiter trine Saturn orb 3°02′
- Venus opposition Uranus orb 3°18′
- Uranus conjunction Pluto orb 3°27′
- Saturn trine Neptune orb 4°23′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4°33′
- Mercury opposition Uranus orb 4°47′
- Moon trine Mercury orb 5°04′
- Saturn opposition Uranus orb 5°29′
- Mercury trine Neptune orb 5°53′
- Jupiter sextile Pluto orb 5°54′
- Mars square Jupiter orb 6°07′
- Moon sextile Pluto orb 6°24′
- Venus opposition Pluto orb 6°46′
- Mercury trine Jupiter orb 7°14′
- Sun square Neptune orb 7°28′
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 Kurt Cobain's chart
What was Kurt Cobain's rising sign?
Virgo, at 23°21′ Virgo, from the 7:38 p.m. certificate time. The 7:26 a.m. rectified time gives Pisces rising.
What was Kurt Cobain's moon sign?
Cancer, at 13°24′. The Moon was in Cancer all of February 20, 1967.
What zodiac sign was Kurt Cobain?
Pisces. His Sun was at 1°49′ of Pisces.
What time was Kurt Cobain born?
7:38 p.m. Pacific Standard Time in Aberdeen, Washington, per the birth certificate shown in Montage of Heck. Astro-Databank rates it AA.
How many planets did Kurt Cobain have in water signs?
Eight of ten: the Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.
What was Kurt Cobain's midheaven?
Gemini, at 21°47′ Gemini.
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 Kurt Cobain'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.