James Joyce's Birth Chart
James Joyce was born on February 2, 1882 at 06:00 in Dublin, Ireland. The chart has the Sun in Aquarius and the Moon in Leo, with Capricorn rising.
| Born | February 2, 1882 |
| Time | 06:00 |
| Place | Dublin, Ireland |
James Joyce's Big Three
Here is how Astrologer's interpretation library describes each of these placements, for anyone born with them.
Sun in Aquarius: At a Slight Angle
You are yourself at a slight angle to everyone else. Identity here is built from the ways you differ, from ideas held as principles, and from a loyalty to the group that can outrun your loyalty to any one person in it. People experience you as friendly, original and hard to get close to, warm at a distance and cooler up close. You see the system where others see the situation. Being told to do it the usual way is the fastest route to your refusal.
Moon in Leo: Warmth Needs Witness
You feel things at full volume and want them seen. Being noticed is how care lands for you, a compliment, a remembered birthday, someone's whole attention across a table. You give warmth generously and expect it back in kind, and a lukewarm response reads as a small rejection. Pride keeps you from asking for comfort, so you perform fine while waiting to be asked. When the audience is absent the mood can go flat and sulky, which surprises people who only know the glow.
Capricorn rising: Older Than Your Years
You arrive older than you are. Strangers meet a composed face, a dry manner, a body held carefully, and they assume competence before you have shown any. People give you responsibility early and keep giving it, because you look like someone who carries things to the end. Warmth is there but arrives late, and many people decide you are cold before they reach it. Youth sits awkwardly on you, and age suits you better.
Planet positions in James Joyce's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 13°22′ |
| Moon | Leo | 2°40′ |
| Mercury | Pisces | 0°30′ |
| Venus | Aquarius | 8°49′ |
| Mars (retrograde) | Gemini | 26°58′ |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 17°06′ |
| Saturn | Taurus | 6°11′ |
| Uranus (retrograde) | Virgo | 17°51′ |
| Neptune | Taurus | 13°48′ |
| Pluto (retrograde) | Taurus | 27°22′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Sagittarius | 6°49′ |
| Chiron | Taurus | 17°38′ |
| Ascendant | Capricorn | 6°29′ |
| Midheaven | Scorpio | 14°53′ |
Element and modality balance
Counting ten planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 1, Earth 5, Air 3, Water 1. By modality: Cardinal 0, Fixed 7, Mutable 3.
A earth emphasis
An earth emphasis makes you practical, grounded, and reliable: you build slowly, value the tangible, and bring ideas down to reality.
A fixed emphasis
A fixed emphasis makes you steady and determined: you sustain, persist, and hold your ground, sometimes to the point of stubbornness.
The tightest aspects in James Joyce's chart
- Uranus trine Chiron, orb 0°13′
- Sun square Neptune, orb 0°26′
- Jupiter conjunct Chiron, orb 0°33′
- Jupiter trine Uranus, orb 0°45′
- Venus sextile North Node, orb 2°00′
- Venus square Saturn, orb 2°37′
- Mercury square Pluto, orb 3°08′
- Jupiter conjunct Neptune, orb 3°18′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Uranus trine Chiron: Effortless Broken Teaching
You explain your damage in an original way without noticing you're doing it. The flow between what hurt you and how you reframe things runs constantly, so your take on the wound is always the unusual one. It amplifies whatever it touches, including a habit of detaching from the pain and calling that healing.
Sun square Neptune: Ego Meets Mist
Your will keeps trying to command something that has no handles, and the fog wins every time by simply not being there. It shows up as confusion about who you are, energy that drains for no clear reason, or sacrificing yourself for a story about yourself. Once the need for retreat and unstructured time is met, the confidence returns steadier than before.
Jupiter conjunct Chiron: The Wound Teaches Big
Your optimism and your oldest sore spot are welded together, so belief and injury come out of the same mouth. You philosophize best about exactly what hurt you, and the bigger the story you tell, the more clearly the fracture shows through it. This is why your teaching lands: it was paid for.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for James Joyce's recorded date, time and place of birth. The rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses depend on the birth time, so they are only as reliable as the time on record. The interpretations come from the same library Astrologer uses in its own chart readings.