Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin (born January 19, 1943, Port Arthur, United States, 09:45; died 1970), was an American singer. Joplin is best remembered for Me and Bobby McGee and Mercedes Benz. Joplin's honours include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Janis Joplin’s zodiac sign was Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was Water Horse, with Life Path 1 in numerology.
Capricorn, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Horse, with 
Life Path 1 in numerology.Your match with Janis
Janis Joplin’s AsterNym identity
The Radiant Strategist
Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 1 represents initiative: beginning, working independently and moving before everyone agrees.
Fire Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 1, on the mental plane.
How common is the name Janis in the U.S.?
#9736
US rank in 2025
~49,015
Americans share it since 1909
1947
its peak year
Janis ranked 274th among girls and 3,085th among boys in 1943, the year of this birth, with 651 American girls and 7 boys on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Janis’s name adds up to
Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.
3
Expression · expression and voice
7
Soul Urge · understanding
5
Personality · restless, adaptable
The name opens on J (1) and closes on S (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Janis’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
1 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🪷 Lotus
Crimson · Ivory · Soft pink
Eight Mansions · Kua number
Kua 3, trigram Zhen 震, East group. Best direction South, worst Southwest.
A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1942, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Janis apart
Dolly Parton (1946) and Logan Lerman (1992) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Janis, according to the stars
Core essence
Janis is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of Janis is quiet ambition and a dry, private sense of humour that only their people get to see. They are the one who actually does the thing, and then does not mention it. Underneath the composure is someone who wants very badly to be proud of what they built.
The vibe
Underneath, Janis is all feeling, tide in and tide out. The Moon in Cancer means moods are weather, real and passing, and memory is long: they keep every kindness and, quietly, every slight. What Janis needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Janis wants to be loved
Janis wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Janis be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.
How Janis creates
How Janis makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Janis creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.
Instinct
Instinct: Janis is free-spirited, a Horse year, and their gut reaction is to run toward the new thing. Energetic, warm, popular, honest to a fault, and impossible to keep indoors. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 1 is the pioneer. Janis is here to go first, to start the thing, to trust their own read when nobody else has a map. Independence is the gift and the lesson: the best version of Janis leads without needing to do it alone.
Triggers
Triggers: being fenced in, and being lied to. Mars in Sagittarius fights loud, laughs it off, and is genuinely fine ten minutes later. Janis has boundless energy for anything with a horizon in it and none for the small print. Aim them at something far away and step back.
Computed from Janis's birth date. Working below.
Where Janis sits
Six lines
Janis’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth sky
Dedicate a star to Janis Joplin
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Port Arthur on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Port Arthur at 09:45, Janis Joplin’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Port Arthur that night
Computed for 29.89°N, at the documented birth time.
Kornephoros stood nearest the zenith over Port Arthur at the birth hour, 81.6° above the horizon in Hercules.
Of the 81 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
From 29.9°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Nothing below −60.1° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Hadar, Acrux and Toliman were never visible from Port Arthur on any night.
Sun -17° below the horizon, Moon down and 97% lit at full moon.
The name and the places
- Born in
- Port Arthur, United States
The death is recorded at Los Angeles, Los Angeles County in 1970.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Janis's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
No major star sits in the Life Palace, which the tradition calls 空宮, an empty palace. The branch is 申.
Bureau 土五局 · Body Palace in Relationships
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 3/5
Sacral authority · Single definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
68 / 100 · Unusual
6 planets retrograde · Grand trine · 2 unaspected planets
An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart.
Score your own chart →The quick version
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunClimbs. Then climbs again.
Janis Joplin's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
What Capricorn means →Water Horse
Water HorseOpen road, open heart.
Janis Joplin was born on January 19, 1943, which falls in a Water Horse year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Horse means →Life Path 1
Life Path 1Front of the line, alone.
Janis Joplin's birth date, January 19, 1943, reduces to Life Path 1 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 1 means →What stands out in Janis’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Janis Joplin's timed chart: Mercury in the 1st house, Venus in the 1st house and Pluto in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Janis Joplin's timed chart is Saturn sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five of the ten planets are in Air signs.
- Janis Joplin combines a Fire Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the mental plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Radiant Strategist.
Janis’s birth chart
Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
SaturnsextilePlutoseparating · 0.4° orb
Janis’s discipline opens doors for their depths. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
UranustrineNeptuneseparating · 1.3° orb
Janis’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
SuntrineUranusapplying · 2.1° orb
Janis’s core identity flows straight into their need for freedom.
MercuryoppositionPlutoapplying · 3.2° orb
SuntrineNeptuneapplying · 3.3° orb
MercurytrineSaturnapplying · 3.6° orb
SaturntrineNeptuneapplying · 3.9° orb
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 4.3° orb
MercuryconjunctionVenusseparating · 4.6° orb
SaturnconjunctionUranusapplying · 5.1° orb
MoonsquareNeptuneseparating · 6.8° orb
SunoppositionPlutoapplying · 7.6° orb
VenusoppositionPlutoseparating · 7.8° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire2 of 10
- Earth1 of 10
- Air5 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal4 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable3 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Air leads this chart.
Janis’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ Chiron ℞Leo 28°11′ · House 7
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresAries 2°14′ · House 3
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosPisces 24°52′ · House 2
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ Hygiea ℞Leo 9°48′ · House 7
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 16°03′ · House 6
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros square Mars 0.1°
- Ceres opposition Neptune 0.2°
- Hygiea opposition Mercury 0.3°
- Ceres sextile Uranus 1.5°
- Chiron square Uranus 2.6°
- Chiron opposition Ascendant 2.6°
Janis’s dominant planets
1. ♄ Saturn9.5 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects
2. ♅ Uranus8 pts
rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Mercury, Venus; 3 major aspects
3. ☽ Moon7 pts
rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Jupiter; 1 major aspect
Configurations in Janis’s chart
Grand trine · Sun, Uranus, NeptuneThree planets each 120° apart, a closed triangle of trines. Astrologers read it as ease and talent that can go unexercised.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Mercury semi-square Mars 0.3°
- Moon quincunx Mercury 0.7°
- Moon biquintile Venus 0.8°
- Jupiter quintile Neptune 0.9°
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 1.8°
Janis’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aquarius | Uranus in Gemini, house 5 | Mercury, Venus | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 9 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aries | Mars in Sagittarius, house 11 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Taurus | Venus in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Gemini | Mercury in Aquarius, house 1 | Saturn, Uranus | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Cancer | Moon in Cancer, house 6 | Moon, Jupiter | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 12 | Pluto | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Virgo | Mercury in Aquarius, house 1 | empty | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Libra | Venus in Aquarius, house 1 | Neptune | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 7 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Cancer, house 6 | Mars | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Capricorn | Saturn in Gemini, house 5 | Sun | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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12More people like Janis
Other singers
- Bonnie Raitt1949
- Susse Wold1938
- Karen Carpenter1950
- Luciano Pavarotti1935
- Bonnie Tyler1951
- Elvis Presley1935
Born in United States
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- James GoodnightAmerican businessman
- Michael BennettAmerican choreographer
- Doris Kearns GoodwinAmerican biographer and historian (born 1943)
- Robert LefkowitzAmerican physician and biochemist
- David K. ShiplerAmerican author who won the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction in 1987
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Also born on January 19
- Dolly Parton1946
- Logan Lerman1992
- Mac Miller1992
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- Drea de Matteo1972
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- Cade OttonAmerican football player
- Riley DixonAmerican football player (born 1993)
Other Capricorn Horse charts
- Chop RobinsonAmerican football player (born 2003)
- Milos UzanAmerican basketball player (born 2002)
- Will RichardAmerican basketball player
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Other Radiant Strategists
- James TaylorAmerican singer and guitarist
- Al GreenAmerican singer
- Roy AcuffAmerican country music singer and fiddler
- Leroy SanéGerman association football player
Other Aquarius risings with documented times
- William ShatnerCanadian actor
- Ian SomerhalderAmerican actor
- Amy PoehlerAmerican actress
- Mikey MadisonAmerican actress
Famous people with Life Path 1
- Lorne MichaelsCanadian and American television producer, writer, and actor
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From the journal: Your animal plus your element: the 60-year cycle · Flying Star feng shui: the one that changes with time
Janis’s cards
Computed from January 19, 1943. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The SunAsterNym identity card
The Radiant StrategistWestern zodiac
CapricornChinese zodiac
Horse 午Life Path
1 · Pioneer♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Fire.
Year
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
癸
yin Water
丑
Ox
Earth
work & drive
Day
day master
丁
yin Fire
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
Hour
乙
yin Wood
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Janis’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1514 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.
Portrait by Grossman Glotzer Management Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Janis Joplin.
Quick answers about Janis Joplin’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Janis Joplin?
- Janis Joplin was a Capricorn: born January 19, 1943, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time.
- What was Janis Joplin's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 19, 1943 birth.
- What time was Janis Joplin born?
- 09:45 local time in Port Arthur, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Janis Joplin's rising sign?
- Aquarius rising, calculated from the documented 09:45 birth time in Port Arthur, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What was Janis Joplin's Life Path number?
- Life Path 1, calculated in numerology.
- What was Janis Joplin's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 28°, in the seventh house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Janis Joplin's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 16°, in the sixth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Janis Joplin's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (9.5 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; traditionally rules the Ascendant, Aquarius; disposes Sun; 4 major aspects). Uranus is second and Moon third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
