Nicolas Cage is the screen name of Nicolas Kim Coppola, an American actor. His first feature film was Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), followed by Valley Girl (1983), Raising Arizona (1987) and Moonstruck (1987), which earned him a Golden Globe nomination. After Wild at Heart (1990), he received an Oscar as Best Actor for Leaving Las Vegas at the ceremony of March 25, 1996. The Rock (1996), Con Air (1997) and Face/Off (1997) made him an action lead, and Adaptation (2002) brought a second Oscar nomination. Later films include National Treasure (2004), Ghost Rider (2007), Mandy (2018), Pig (2021), Dream Scenario (2023) and Longlegs (2024).
Frank Clifford's birth certificate
The note reads: "B.C. in hand from Frank C. Clifford". B.C. means birth certificate, and Astro-Databank grades the entry AA.
No other hour is on file, so 5:30 a.m. carries the whole chart. Los Angeles kept standard time that January, eight hours behind Greenwich.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 3:38 a.m. to 5:55 a.m. | Scorpio before, Capricorn after |
| Midheaven | ♎︎ Libra | 4:49 a.m. to 6:40 a.m. | Virgo before, Scorpio after |
| Moon | ♎︎ Libra | midnight to 1:03 p.m. | Scorpio after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, Harbor City, California, Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).
Jupiter 0°07′ from the foot of the chart
The IC falls at 11°16′ Aries, and Jupiter stands 0°07′ from it. Placidus files Jupiter under the 4th house, Whole Sign under the 5th. Mercury trine Uranus, 0°27′ wide, is the closest aspect, yet Jupiter sits nearer its angle than that.
Jupiter rules Sagittarius, the rising sign, so the planet behind the first impression rests in the area of roots. A ruler set there suggests an outward manner standing on a deep foundation. Jupiter also squares Mercury within 2°00′ and the Sun within 4°54′.
Our pages: Jupiter in Aries · 4th house · 5th house · Sagittarius rising.
Sun, Mercury and Mars in the 1st house, or the 2nd
The Sun at 16°17′, retrograde Mercury at 9°23′ and Mars at 25°33′ stand in Capricorn. Placidus counts all three as 1st-house bodies, just under the horizon, which suits a birth before dawn; Whole Sign moves them to the 2nd.
Mercury trines retrograde Uranus in Virgo, 0°27′ from exact, and the Sun trines Pluto, 2°10′ off. Five planets stand in earth signs, a count the tradition ties to a practical, hands-on grasp of things.
Our pages: Capricorn · Mercury in Capricorn · Mars in Capricorn · Uranus in Virgo · Pluto in Virgo · 1st house.
A Libra Moon under a Libra midheaven, squared by Mars
The Moon at 26°13′ of Libra falls in the 10th house for Placidus and the 11th for Whole Sign. Libra took the midheaven, 11°16′ Libra, at 4:49 a.m., and the Moon entered the sign at 2:10 a.m. on January 5, 51.3 hours before the birth. It leaves at 1:04 p.m.
It squares Mars, 0°41′ from exact, a cardinal square the tradition sets as a pull between wanting balance and wanting action. It also trines Saturn, 5°08′ wide, which gives feeling firmer footing.
Our pages: Moon in Libra · Midheaven in Libra · 10th house · 11th house · moon sign calculator.
Venus meets Saturn in Aquarius, with Neptune squaring both
Venus at 18°15′ and Saturn at 21°06′ stand in Aquarius, 2°50′ apart. Saturn is the old ruler of Aquarius, so Venus keeps company with the planet governing its own sign, which suggests taste that prefers the lasting to the fashionable.
Neptune at 17°20′ of Scorpio squares Venus within 0°55′ and Saturn within 3°46′. A Neptune square to Venus points to an imaginative, romanticizing streak in matters of taste.
Our pages: Venus in Aquarius · Saturn in Aquarius · Neptune in Scorpio · 2nd house · 3rd house.
Sagittarius in the east, with the Sun's sign next in line
Sagittarius held the Harbor City horizon from 3:38 a.m. to 5:55 a.m., and the recorded minute falls 112 minutes into that stretch, with 25 to go. The ascendant is 24°07′ Sagittarius. Scorpio came before it, and Capricorn, the sign of his Sun, takes the horizon after.
A Sagittarius ascendant goes with an open, outward-turning manner, with Jupiter as ruler. Here that ruler stands directly below the Libra midheaven.
Our pages: Sagittarius rising · Capricorn rising · 1st house · rising sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
All major aspects between the planets in Nicolas Cage's chart
- Mercury trine Uranus orb 0°27′
- Moon square Mars orb 0°41′
- Venus square Neptune orb 0°55′
- Sun sextile Neptune orb 1°04′
- Mercury square Jupiter orb 2°00′
- Sun trine Pluto orb 2°10′
- Venus conjunction Saturn orb 2°50′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 3°14′
- Saturn square Neptune orb 3°46′
- Uranus conjunction Pluto orb 4°16′
- Mercury trine Pluto orb 4°44′
- Sun square Jupiter orb 4°54′
- Moon trine Saturn orb 5°08′
- Sun trine Uranus orb 6°26′
- Sun conjunction Mercury orb 6°54′
- Moon trine Venus orb 7°58′
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 9°16′
- Sun square Moon orb 9°57′
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 Nicolas Cage's chart
Which sign rises in his chart?
Sagittarius, at 24°07′ Sagittarius, from 3:38 a.m. to 5:55 a.m.
What sign is his Moon?
Libra, at 26°13′, from 2:10 a.m. on January 5 until 1:04 p.m. on his birth date.
Is his Sun in Capricorn?
Yes, at 16°17′, in the 1st house for Placidus and the 2nd for Whole Sign.
When was he born?
January 7, 1964, at 5:30 a.m., Harbor City, California.
Where does Jupiter stand?
In Aries at 11°23′, 0°07′ from the IC.
Which aspect is tightest?
Mercury trine Uranus, 0°27′ 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 Nicolas Cage'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.