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Jackie Robinson
Jack Roosevelt Robinson
baseball player
Born 31 January 1919 · Cairo, Georgia, United States · 30.88° N, 84.22° WX
Source: Birth time not documented in publicly accessible records
About this chart
No birth time is documented for this person. The chart therefore shows planetary positions in their signs, the slow aspects between them, and the generational context — but not house placements, the Ascendant, or the Midheaven, which require an accurate birth time. The Moon's sign carries a ±6° margin: if it falls near a sign boundary, the sign could vary. Positions for all other planets are reliable.
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The sky at birth
No birth time is documented for Jackie Robinson. The Ascendant, the Midheaven, and the house positions cannot be determined; the reading is confined to planetary sign placements and the aspects between planets. The positions below are calculated for noon local time and are accurate to a fraction of a degree for the slow-moving bodies.
The Moon is near 7°32' Aquarius (noon position, ±7° margin). Sun is at 10°47' Aquarius. Mercury is at 25°11' Capricorn. Venus is at 27°10' Aquarius. Mars is at 3°20' Pisces. Jupiter is at 7°12' Cancer, retrograde. Saturn is at 25°56' Leo, retrograde. Uranus is at 26°44' Aquarius. Neptune is at 7°51' Leo, retrograde. Pluto is at 4°57' Cancer, retrograde.
4 bodies occupy Aquarius (Sun, Moon, Venus and Uranus) — a concentration that stands out as a structural feature of the chart.
The tightest major aspects between planets: Moon opposite Neptune (0°19'); Venus conjunct Uranus (0°27'); Saturn opposite Uranus (0°48'); Venus opposite Saturn (1°14'); Mars trine Pluto (1°37'); Jupiter conjunct Pluto (2°16').
The engine also registers tight minor aspects involving asteroids and calculated points: Mercury semi-square North Node (0°07'); Juno square Lilith (0°30'); Venus semi-sextile Pallas (0°35'); Sun sextile North Node (0°42'). 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 10°47' |
| Moon | Aquarius | 07°32'±6° |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 25°11' |
| Venus | Aquarius | 27°10' |
| Mars | Pisces | 03°20' |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 07°12'retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 25°56'retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 26°44' |
| Neptune | Leo | 07°51'retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 04°57'retrograde |
| Chiron | Aries | 00°07' |
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ChironBirth time unknown — house positions and Ascendant/MC are not available.
Astronomical context
Pluto crossed Cancer from 1914 to 1939. In astrological tradition this transit is linked to the transformation of home, family, nation, and the sense of belonging — the generation whose lives were marked by the World Wars and a profound redefinition of the nation and the home.
Jackie Robinson (born 1919) belongs to this generational configuration. Astrian groups profiles by such shared signatures rather than by any claim of shared destiny. Related profiles in Astrian: Babe Ruth · Bill Russell · Wilt Chamberlain. The symbolic reading is correlative, not causal.
Other profiles from this Pluto in Cancer generation
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 is the most prominent structural feature available without a birth time, centring the chart on independence, abstraction, and the collective. There is no Ascendant or Midheaven to anchor the angles, so the reading rests on sign placements and the aspects between planets rather than on houses.
Among the personal planets, the Moon in Aquarius is associated in tradition with independence, abstraction, and the collective (the Moon's sign is given for the noon chart and may shift with an exact time); Mercury in Capricorn with ambition, structure, and the long view; Venus in Aquarius with independence, abstraction, and the collective; and Mars in Pisces with imagination, dissolution, and empathy. These placements describe registers of feeling, thought, attraction, and action as the tradition catalogues them, independent of the life that follows.
Moon opposite Neptune (0°19'): tradition reads emotional life and instinct set in polarity with dissolution, imagination, and idealism.
Venus conjunct Uranus (0°27'): tradition reads values, attraction, and harmony fused with disruption and innovation.
Saturn opposite Uranus (0°48'): tradition reads structure, limitation, and discipline set in polarity with disruption and innovation.
Venus opposite Saturn (1°14'): tradition reads values, attraction, and harmony set in polarity with structure, limitation, and discipline.
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 Jackie Robinson 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.
Jack Roosevelt Robinson was born on 31 January 1919 near Cairo, in Grady County, Georgia, and grew up in Pasadena, California. He was an exceptional all-round athlete, excelling in several sports at university before serving in the United States Army during the Second World War and then playing in baseball's Negro Leagues.
In 1947 he joined the Brooklyn Dodgers, becoming the first Black player in the modern Major Leagues and ending decades of racial segregation in the sport. He did so under intense public pressure and hostility, which he met with a combination of restraint and competitive excellence that became central to his historical significance.
On the field he was an outstanding player, named Rookie of the Year in his debut season and the National League's Most Valuable Player in 1949, and he helped the Dodgers reach multiple World Series, winning the title in 1955. His aggressive, intelligent style of play, particularly his base-running, made him one of the most exciting players of his time.
After retiring he became an advocate for civil rights and was active in business and public life. His uniform number was later retired across all of Major League Baseball, a unique honour, and an annual day is dedicated to his memory.
Jackie Robinson died on 24 October 1972. He is remembered both as a great baseball player and as a figure of profound historical importance, whose breaking of the colour barrier had significance far beyond sport.
Biographical sources
- Major League Baseball and the National Baseball Hall of Fame, official records..
- The New York Times.
- Rampersad, Arnold. Jackie Robinson: A Biography. Alfred A. Knopf 1997
- Library of Congress, historical archives..
This profile presents the sky at the birth of Jackie Robinson 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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