Michael Jordan is an American basketball player. As a high school senior he was invited to Dean Smith's basketball camp at the University of North Carolina in 1980, and the Chicago Bulls drafted him in his junior year at Chapel Hill. With the Bulls he won six championships and ten scoring titles, by the count in Astro-Databank's biography. He announced his retirement in October 1993 and returned to the Bulls in March 1995.
The auction copy against the midnight answer
The time carries Astro-Databank's top grade, AA. On August 5, 2013, a forum user pointed to Jordan's birth certificate, which had been sold at auction, and a copy is on file. It reads 1:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
The earlier entry rested on a conversation. In February 2002 the astrologer Susan Miller asked Jordan for his birth time. She wrote that she put it to him as "12:50 midnight or afternoon?" and that he answered, "a few moments into February 17!" That gives 12:50 a.m.
The two times fall on opposite sides of the clock, so the angles differ: 25°10′ Scorpio rising and a Virgo midheaven at night, Cancer rising and a Pisces midheaven in the afternoon. We chart the certificate time.
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:40 p.m. | birth certificate sold at auction, copy on file, rated AA | ♋︎ Cancer 13°06′ | Sagittarius |
| 12:50 a.m. | Susan Miller, February 2002: "a few moments into February 17!" | ♏︎ Scorpio 25°10′ | Sagittarius |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♋︎ Cancer | 12:41 p.m. to 3:02 p.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Midheaven | ♓︎ Pisces | 12:17 p.m. to 2:07 p.m. | Aquarius before, Aries after |
| Moon | ♐︎ Sagittarius | all day | n/a |
Rising sign and Moon calculated by us for each time on February 17, 1963, Brooklyn, Eastern Standard Time.
Capricorn Venus on the seventh-house cusp
Opposite the ascendant at 13°06′ Cancer lies 13°06′ Capricorn, where the 7th house begins. Venus is at 13°12′ of Capricorn, 0°06′ beyond that point, and it lands in the 7th house whichever house system you choose.
Tradition gives the 7th house to partnerships and one-to-one dealings and Venus to attraction and agreeableness, so astrologers take Venus there as ease with other people.
Venus also trines Pluto in Virgo, 2°00′ from exact (earth to earth), and sextiles Neptune in Scorpio, 2°28′ off (earth to water).
Our pages: Venus in Capricorn · 7th house · Pluto in Virgo · Neptune in Scorpio.
Scorpio at night, Cancer in the afternoon
At 1:40 p.m. the rising degree is 13°06′ Cancer. Cancer rose over Brooklyn from 12:41 p.m. to 3:02 p.m. At 1:40 p.m. it had been up for 59 minutes, with 82 minutes to go before Leo.
The midheaven is at 22°28′ Pisces. Pisces was the sign on the midheaven from 12:17 p.m. to 2:07 p.m., and Aries took over at 2:08 p.m., 28 minutes past 1:40 p.m. Jupiter, also in Pisces, stands at 19°06′ in the 9th house, the same under Placidus and Whole Sign.
The 12:50 a.m. chart has the same Sun and Moon and different angles and houses.
Our pages: Cancer rising · Scorpio rising · Pisces midheaven · Jupiter in Pisces · rising sign calculator.
Moon in Sagittarius and Mars in Leo, a trine within minutes
The Moon is at 10°01′ of Sagittarius and Mars, retrograde, at 9°58′ of Leo. The trine is 0°03′ from exact, tighter than every other pairing here. Both signs are fire. The Moon entered Sagittarius at 5:57 p.m. on February 16 and stayed there through February 17.
Both house systems put the Moon in the 6th house and Mars in the 2nd. Astrologers take a Moon-Mars trine as feeling that moves easily into action. The Moon also squares Pluto in Virgo, 1°11′ from exact.
Our pages: Moon in Sagittarius · Mars in Leo · moon sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Aquarius Sun and a Saturn-Neptune square
The Sun is at 28°23′ of Aquarius and left the sign at 4:09 a.m. on February 19, less than two days after the recorded time. Mercury at 2°39′ and Saturn at 15°32′ are in Aquarius too, three of the ten planets. Mercury and Saturn fall in the 8th house either way, while the Sun is in the 9th under Placidus and the 8th under Whole Sign.
Saturn squares Neptune in Scorpio, 0°08′ from exact. Both are fixed signs, and Neptune, retrograde, is in the 5th house. Saturn stands for structure and limits, Neptune for ideals and imagination, and a square between them is said to set one against the other.
Our pages: Aquarius · Saturn in Aquarius · Mercury in Aquarius · 8th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Michael Jordan's chart
- Moon trine Mars orb 0°03′
- Saturn square Neptune orb 0°08′
- Moon square Pluto orb 1°11′
- Venus trine Pluto orb 2°00′
- Venus sextile Neptune orb 2°28′
- Jupiter trine Neptune orb 3°26′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 4°28′
- Sun opposition Uranus orb 5°05′
- Moon sextile Saturn orb 5°31′
- Mars opposition Saturn orb 5°34′
- Mars square Neptune orb 5°42′
- Venus sextile Jupiter orb 5°54′
- Moon square Uranus orb 6°32′
- Mercury opposition Mars orb 7°18′
- Moon sextile Mercury orb 7°21′
- Uranus conjunction Pluto orb 7°44′
- Jupiter opposition Pluto orb 7°54′
- Moon square Jupiter orb 9°05′
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 Michael Jordan's chart
Is Michael Jordan a Cancer rising?
On his birth certificate time, yes: the ascendant is at 13°06′ Cancer. Cancer was up over Brooklyn from 12:41 p.m. to 3:02 p.m. on February 17, 1963.
What is Michael Jordan's moon sign?
Sagittarius, at 10°01′. The Moon crossed in from Scorpio at 5:57 p.m. on February 16.
What zodiac sign is Michael Jordan?
Aquarius. He was born on February 17, 1963, with the Sun at 28°23′ of Aquarius.
What time was Michael Jordan born?
The certificate says 1:40 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, Brooklyn, graded AA. The 12:50 a.m. he gave in 2002 would give Scorpio rising.
Is Michael Jordan's Venus on the descendant?
Very nearly. Venus is at 13°12′ of Capricorn, 0°06′ past the descendant at 13°06′ Capricorn.
What is Michael Jordan's midheaven?
Pisces, at 22°28′ Pisces. Aries took over at 2:08 p.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 Michael Jordan'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.