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Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.)
boxer
Born 17 January 1942 · 18:35 · 16:17 UTC · Louisville, Kentucky, United States · 38.26° N, 85.75° WAA
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 19°32' Leo and the Midheaven at 12°14' Taurus, which fixes the angular framework and allows the planets to be placed in houses.
Sun is at 27°17' Capricorn, house 6. Moon is at 12°25' Aquarius, house 6. Mercury is at 13°30' Aquarius, house 6. Venus is at 20°40' Aquarius, house 7, retrograde. Mars is at 3°03' Taurus, house 9. Jupiter is at 11°57' Gemini, house 10, retrograde. Saturn is at 21°39' Taurus, house 10, retrograde. Uranus is at 26°28' Taurus, house 10, retrograde. Neptune is at 29°48' Virgo, house 2, retrograde. Pluto is at 4°48' Leo, house 12, retrograde.
3 bodies occupy Aquarius (Moon, Mercury and Venus) and 3 bodies occupy Taurus (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) — a concentration that stands out as a structural feature of the chart.
The tightest major aspects between planets: Moon trine Jupiter (0°29'); Sun trine Uranus (0°49'); Venus square Saturn (0°59'); Moon conjunct Mercury (1°05'); Mercury trine Jupiter (1°34'); Mars square Pluto (1°45').
Uranus trine Neptune (3°20') 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: Moon opposite Chiron (0°03'); Pluto sesquiquadrate Vesta (0°08'); Pallas semi-sextile Vesta (0°14'); Pluto sextile Lilith (0°25'). 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 | Leo | 19°32' | — |
| Midheaven | Taurus | 12°14' | — |
| Sun | Capricorn | 27°17' | H6 |
| Moon | Aquarius | 12°25' | H6 |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 13°30' | H6 |
| Venus | Aquarius | 20°40'retrograde | H7 |
| Mars | Taurus | 03°03' | H9 |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 11°57'retrograde | H10 |
| Saturn | Taurus | 21°39'retrograde | H10 |
| Uranus | Taurus | 26°28'retrograde | H10 |
| Neptune | Virgo | 29°48'retrograde | H2 |
| Pluto | Leo | 04°48'retrograde | H12 |
| Chiron | Leo | 12°28'retrograde | H12 |
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
ChironAstronomical context
Pluto moved through Leo from the late 1930s to the late 1950s. In astrological tradition this transit is associated with the collective transformation of self-expression, authority, and the cult of the individual — the cohort that rebuilt the post-war world and expanded mass culture.
Muhammad Ali (born 1942) belongs to this generational configuration. Astrian groups profiles by such shared signatures rather than by any claim of shared destiny. Related profiles in Astrian: Mike Tyson · Manny Pacquiao · Canelo Álvarez. 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 Capricorn centres the chart on ambition, structure, and the long view. With the Ascendant in Leo, tradition adds expression, pride, and the creative self 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 Aquarius is associated in tradition with independence, abstraction, and the collective; Mercury in Aquarius with independence, abstraction, and the collective; Venus in Aquarius with independence, abstraction, and the collective; and Mars in Taurus with stability, persistence, and the tangible. These placements describe registers of feeling, thought, attraction, and action as the tradition catalogues them, independent of the life that follows.
Moon trine Jupiter (0°29'): tradition reads emotional life and instinct in easy flow with expansion and meaning.
Sun trine Uranus (0°49'): tradition reads identity and central purpose in easy flow with disruption and innovation.
Venus square Saturn (0°59'): tradition reads values, attraction, and harmony in friction with structure, limitation, and discipline.
Moon conjunct Mercury (1°05'): tradition reads emotional life and instinct fused with thought and communication.
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 Muhammad Ali 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.
Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on 17 January 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. He took up boxing as a boy and rose rapidly as an amateur, winning a gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome before turning professional and pursuing the world heavyweight championship.
In 1964 he won the world heavyweight title in a major upset, and around that time he announced his conversion to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He became known for an unorthodox, fast, and elusive style for a heavyweight, as well as for a charismatic, outspoken public persona that transformed the way athletes engaged with the media.
In 1967 he refused induction into the United States military during the Vietnam War on religious and conscientious grounds, and was stripped of his title and barred from boxing for several years before the legal case was resolved in his favour. He returned to the ring and went on to reclaim the heavyweight championship, becoming a three-time champion across a series of celebrated bouts that are among the most famous in the sport's history.
In later life he was affected by Parkinson's disease, and he became a widely respected humanitarian figure, lighting the Olympic cauldron at the 1996 Games in Atlanta. He died on 3 June 2016.
Ali is remembered as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers in history and as a figure whose influence, through his athletic achievements and his public stands, extended far beyond sport.
Biographical sources
- International Boxing Hall of Fame, official profile..
- International Olympic Committee, 1960 Olympic Games records..
- The New York Times.
- Hauser, Thomas. Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster 1991
This profile presents the sky at the birth of Muhammad Ali 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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