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Gianluigi Buffon
footballer
Born 28 January 1978 · 08:30 · 17:50 UTC · Carrara, Italy · 44.08° N, 10.10° EAA
Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden Rating AA)
The sky at birth
With a documented birth time, the full chart can be cast. The Ascendant falls at 24°03' Aquarius and the Midheaven at 11°22' Sagittarius, which fixes the angular framework and allows the planets to be placed in houses.
Sun is at 8°01' Aquarius, house 12. Moon is at 23°17' Virgo, house 7. Mercury is at 19°00' Capricorn, house 11. Venus is at 9°28' Aquarius, house 12. Mars is at 29°08' Cancer, house 6, retrograde. Jupiter is at 26°55' Gemini, house 4, retrograde. Saturn is at 28°36' Leo, house 7, retrograde. Uranus is at 16°10' Scorpio, house 8. Neptune is at 17°36' Sagittarius, house 10. Pluto is at 16°40' Libra, house 8, retrograde.
The tightest major aspects between planets: Neptune sextile Pluto (0°56'); Sun conjunct Venus (1°27'); Jupiter sextile Saturn (1°41'); Mercury square Pluto (2°20'); Mercury sextile Uranus (2°50'); Moon square Jupiter (3°39').
Neptune sextile Pluto (0°56') is structural but generational — an alignment of slow-moving outer planets shared across many birth years.
The engine also registers tight minor aspects involving asteroids and calculated points: Uranus sesquiquadrate Lilith (0°02'); Chiron sextile Lilith (0°02'); Juno square North Node (0°05'); Ceres semi-sextile Vesta (0°06'). These are reported for completeness and carry less weight in traditional reading.
The chart was calculated using NASA JPL DE441 ephemerides, sub-arcsecond precision.
| Planet | Sign | Position | House |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ascendant | Aquarius | 24°03' | — |
| Midheaven | Sagittarius | 11°22' | — |
| Sun | Aquarius | 08°01' | H12 |
| Moon | Virgo | 23°17' | H7 |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 19°00' | H11 |
| Venus | Aquarius | 09°28' | H12 |
| Mars | Cancer | 29°08'retrograde | H6 |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 26°55'retrograde | H4 |
| Saturn | Leo | 28°36'retrograde | H7 |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 16°10' | H8 |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 17°36' | H10 |
| Pluto | Libra | 16°40'retrograde | H8 |
| Chiron | Taurus | 01°15' | H2 |
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
ChironAstronomical context
Pluto travelled through Libra from 1971 to 1984. In astrological tradition this transit is associated with the transformation of relationships, partnership, and the idea of balance — the cohort that redrew norms around marriage, equality, and the terms of personal alliance.
Gianluigi Buffon (born 1978) belongs to this generational configuration. Astrian groups profiles by such shared signatures rather than by any claim of shared destiny. Related profiles in Astrian: Paolo Maldini · Andrea Pirlo · Roberto Baggio. The symbolic reading is correlative, not causal.
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Symbolic reading
The following describes what classical astrological tradition associates with these configurations. Astrian does not apply these descriptions to the person's biography.
The Sun in Aquarius centres the chart on independence, abstraction, and the collective. With the Ascendant in Aquarius, tradition adds independence, abstraction, and the collective as the threshold through which that energy meets the world; the Sun marks the central drive, the Ascendant the manner of approach.
Among the personal planets, the Moon in Virgo is associated in tradition with analysis, craft, and the refinement of method; Mercury in Capricorn with ambition, structure, and the long view; Venus in Aquarius with independence, abstraction, and the collective; and Mars in Cancer with attachment, memory, and protection. These placements describe registers of feeling, thought, attraction, and action as the tradition catalogues them, independent of the life that follows.
Neptune sextile Pluto (0°56'): tradition reads dissolution, imagination, and idealism in supportive contact with depth, power, and transformation.
Sun conjunct Venus (1°27'): tradition reads identity and central purpose fused with values, attraction, and harmony.
Jupiter sextile Saturn (1°41'): tradition reads expansion and meaning in supportive contact with structure, limitation, and discipline.
Mercury square Pluto (2°20'): tradition reads thought and communication in friction with depth, power, and transformation.
These placements are presented as a symbolic portrait, correlative and never causal — a description within the tradition's vocabulary, not an explanation of the life that follows.
Astrology is a symbolic language with 2,500 years of literature. The reading above is interpretive, not explanatory.
Astrian does not claim that the natal chart of Gianluigi Buffon caused or determined any of the above. Astrology is a symbolic system with 2,500 years of literature. Its capacity for retrospective description does not imply explanatory capacity.
A parallel life
The following are verified biographical facts. No connection to the natal chart is implied.
Gianluigi Buffon was born on 28 January 1978 in Carrara, in the Tuscany region of Italy, into a family of athletes. He made his professional debut as a teenager with Parma, where he quickly established himself as an outstanding goalkeeping prospect before a record transfer to Juventus in 2001.
He became the long-term goalkeeper and captain of Juventus, with whom he won numerous Italian league titles across two long spells, and reached multiple UEFA Champions League finals. Renowned for his shot-stopping, command of his area, and remarkable consistency, he was widely regarded as one of the finest goalkeepers of his generation.
With the Italy national team he was the goalkeeper of the side that won the 2006 World Cup in Germany, a tournament in which his defensive solidity was central, and he became one of the most-capped players in the team's history across a long international career.
His longevity was exceptional; he continued to play at a high level into his forties, including a spell at Paris Saint-Germain, before returning to Italy and eventually to Parma, the club where he began.
Buffon is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers in the history of football, his combination of sustained excellence and longevity defining a career spent largely at the summit of the game.
Biographical sources
- Juventus, Parma, and FIGC (Italian Football Federation), official records..
- FIFA, 2006 World Cup records; UEFA, Champions League records..
- The Guardian and Ga.
This profile presents the sky at the birth of Gianluigi Buffon and verified facts of their biography. Astrian does not claim that astrology has predictive capacity or that the natal chart determines the trajectory of a life. Astrology is a symbolic system with 2,500 years of literature. Its capacity for retrospective description does not imply explanatory capacity.
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