Tom Brady is an American former football quarterback, born in San Mateo, California. He played at the University of Michigan and was taken by the New England Patriots in the sixth round of the 2000 NFL draft, 199th overall. With the Patriots, from 2000 to 2019, he won six Super Bowls. He moved to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020 and won Super Bowl LV, his seventh title, and he was named Super Bowl MVP five times. He retired for good in February 2023 and has been a lead color commentator for the NFL on Fox since 2024.
An employee at Vital Records
Astro-Databank's Source Notes read: "Romy Ransom quotes an employee at Vital Records, Dept of Health, San Mateo, CA." A time quoted from the record earns the rating AA.
The file lists nothing else, so 11:48 a.m. alone carries the chart.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♎︎ Libra | 10:21 a.m. to 12:47 p.m. | Virgo before, Scorpio after |
| Midheaven | ♋︎ Cancer | 10:21 a.m. to 12:28 p.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Moon | ♈︎ Aries | all day | n/a |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us, San Mateo, California, Pacific Daylight Time (UTC-7).
Mars trine Pluto at 0°10′, with the Sun sextile both
Mars at 11°45′ of Gemini and Pluto at 11°55′ of Libra are 0°10′ from an exact trine, the closest of all the chart's aspects. Both signs are air. The Sun at 11°18′ of Leo sextiles Mars, 0°27′ off, and Pluto, 0°37′ off, so all three bodies sit in the twelfth degree of their signs.
Tradition reads a trine as easy flow and a sextile as an opening to be used, which suggests drive and intensity that hold up under pressure, with the Sun as where it shows.
Placidus puts Mars in the 8th house and Pluto in the 12th, while Whole Sign has the 9th and the 1st.
Our pages: Mars in Gemini · Pluto in Libra · Leo · 9th house.
Libra on the horizon, with the North Node 0°38′ past it
Libra held the San Mateo horizon from 10:21 a.m. to 12:47 p.m., after Virgo and before Scorpio. Brady arrived 87 minutes in, with 59 to run.
The North Node, at 18°31′ of Libra, stands 0°38′ past the ascendant at 17°53′ Libra, and both house systems place it first. Astrologers read the node as a direction of growth, so a node on the rising degree links that direction to a first impression.
Our pages: Libra rising · 1st house · Sun, Moon and rising together · rising sign calculator.
Venus at the start of Cancer, below a Cancer midheaven
Venus rules Libra, so it carries the reading of the ascendant. It stands at 1°07′ of Cancer, the first degree of the sign, which is the 9th house under Placidus and the 10th under Whole Sign. Jupiter in Gemini at 26°56′ is 4°11′ away, a conjunction across a sign line.
The midheaven is 20°16′ Cancer, held by Cancer from 10:21 a.m. to 12:28 p.m. Cancer on the public point suggests a working life tied to loyalty and a home base, with the Moon as its ruler.
Our pages: Venus in Cancer · Cancer midheaven · Jupiter in Gemini · 10th house.
Leo Sun beside Saturn, an Aries Moon 11.9 hours into its sign
Saturn at 19°11′ of Leo shares the sign with the Sun, 7°53′ apart, and the pair land in the 10th house if you use Placidus, the 11th if you use Whole Sign. The tradition sets the Sun's wish to be seen against Saturn's demand for structure, and suggests recognition earned slowly.
The Moon is at 6°23′ of Aries. It entered the sign at 11:55 p.m. on August 2 and trines the Sun, 4°55′ off, fire to fire. Its house is the 6th under Placidus, the house of routine, and the 7th under Whole Sign, the house of partners.
Our pages: Saturn in Leo · Moon in Aries · moon sign calculator · 6th house.
Virgo Mercury sextile Uranus, 0°18′ off
Mercury at 8°08′ of Virgo and Uranus at 7°50′ of Scorpio sextile within 0°18′, earth to water. Thought paired with sudden change is read as a mind that adjusts quickly.
Placidus files Mercury 11th and Uranus 1st, and Whole Sign puts them in the 12th and the 2nd.
Our pages: Mercury in Virgo · Uranus in Scorpio · 11th house · 12th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Tom Brady's chart
- Mars trine Pluto orb 0°10′
- Mercury sextile Uranus orb 0°18′
- Sun sextile Mars orb 0°27′
- Sun sextile Pluto orb 0°37′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°35′
- Mars opposition Neptune orb 1°45′
- Sun trine Neptune orb 2°12′
- Sun square Uranus orb 3°28′
- Mercury square Mars orb 3°36′
- Venus conjunction Jupiter orb 4°11′
- Sun trine Moon orb 4°55′
- Moon square Venus orb 5°16′
- Mercury square Neptune orb 5°21′
- Moon sextile Mars orb 5°22′
- Moon opposition Pluto orb 5°32′
- Saturn trine Neptune orb 5°41′
- Venus trine Uranus orb 6°43′
- Moon trine Neptune orb 7°06′
- Sun conjunction Saturn orb 7°53′
- Moon square Jupiter orb 9°27′
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 Tom Brady's chart
What time was Tom Brady born?
At 11:48 a.m. on August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California, as quoted by Romy Ransom from a records employee. The grade is AA.
Is Tom Brady a Libra rising?
Yes, at 17°53′ Libra. Libra rose over San Mateo from 10:21 a.m. to 12:47 p.m.
What zodiac sign is Tom Brady?
Leo, born August 3, 1977, with the Sun at 11°18′, sextile both Mars and Pluto.
Where is the Moon in his chart?
In Aries, at 6°23′, having entered at 11:55 p.m. on August 2.
Which pair of planets is closest to exact?
Mars and Pluto, in a trine 0°10′ wide.
Where is Venus, the ruler of his rising sign?
In Cancer, at 1°07′, just past the sign line from 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 Tom Brady'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.