Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix (born Johnny Allen Hendrix; November 27, 1942, Seattle, United States, 10:15; died 1970), was an American guitarist. Best-known releases include Band of Gypsys, The Cry of Love and First Rays of the New Rising Sun. Hendrix's honours include UK Music Hall of Fame, Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award and star on Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Jimi Hendrix’s zodiac sign was Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was Water Horse, with Life Path 9 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac was 
Water Horse, with 
Life Path 9 in numerology.Your match with Jimi
Jimi Hendrix’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Seeker
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 9 represents compassion: generosity, completion and the ability to consider more than one person’s experience.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 9, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name Jimi in the U.S.?
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outside the current top list
~1,908
Americans share it since 1944
1971
its peak year
The SSA suppresses any name given to fewer than five children in a year, and Jimi falls under that line for 1942. Its peak came in 1971, and 1,908 Americans have carried it since 1944.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Jimi’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Johnny Allen Hendrix, not the name they published under.
5
Expression · versatility
8
Soul Urge · achievement
6
Personality · caring, responsible
The name opens on J (1) and closes on Y (7). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Jimi’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
Lucky numbers
9 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🌼 Chrysanthemum · 🌸 Peony · 🪷 Lotus
Gold · Rose-gold · 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 male. Work out your own →
The record
What sets Jimi apart
Bruce Lee (1940) and Han Kang (1970) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Citizenship
- United States
- Languages
- English
What the chart says
Jimi, according to the stars
Core essence
Jimi is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Jimi is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
The vibe
Underneath, Jimi 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 Jimi needs to feel safe is a soft place to land that is not going anywhere. Give them that and they give you everything.
How Jimi wants to be loved
Jimi wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Jimi and watch them fall for you again.
How Jimi creates
How Jimi makes things happen: they grow upward. A Yang Wood day master is the tree, the one with a direction and the patience to keep at it through a bad season. Jimi builds in the open, wants to be useful, and is at their most creative when there is something to reach for. Bend rather than break is the lesson they learn a few times.
Instinct
Instinct: Jimi 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 9 is the humanitarian. Jimi is here for the bigger picture, to give, to finish what others started and hand it on. Wise beyond their years, compassionate, a little world-weary, and learning to receive as freely as they give.
Triggers
Triggers: betrayal, and being handled. Mars in Scorpio means Jimi runs hot underneath and cold on top; the anger is quiet, deep and long-remembered. They do not lose their temper, they decide. Point that focus at a goal and nothing survives in its way.
Computed from Jimi's birth date. Working below.
Where Jimi sits
Six lines
Jimi’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.
You may leap first and adjust as you go. Waiting can feel like losing momentum.
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 may be drawn to big possibilities. The practical follows after the vision.
You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.
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 Jimi Hendrix
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Seattle on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
Read from the sky above Seattle at 10:15, Jimi Hendrix’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Seattle that night
Computed for 47.60°N, at the documented birth time.
Alkaid stood nearest the zenith over Seattle at the birth hour, 86.7° above the horizon in Ursa Major.
Of the 89 catalog stars above the horizon, Arcturus was the brightest.
At 47.6°N there are stars that never set at all. Capella and Deneb stay up year round.
Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman cannot be seen from Seattle at all: they sit past the −42.4° declination limit this latitude imposes.
Sun -12° below the horizon, Moon up and 80% lit at waning gibbous.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Johnny Allen Hendrix
- Known as
- Jimi Hendrix
- Born in
- Seattle, United States
The death is recorded at Kensington, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea in 1970.
A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.
What Jimi's birth time unlocks
Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.
Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace
The Peacemaker 天同, The Lunar Star 太陰 in 午
Bureau 水二局 · Body Palace in Relationships
Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →Human Design
Manifesting Generator, profile 6/2
Emotional authority · Split definition
Human Design explained →Chart pattern score
53 / 100 · Unusual
3-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 1 unaspected planet · No Earth 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 →Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunRestless in a good way.
Jimi Hendrix's Sun was in Sagittarius at the documented birth time.
What Sagittarius means →Water Horse
Water HorseOpen road, open heart.
Jimi Hendrix was born on November 27, 1942, which falls in a Water Horse year of the Chinese calendar.
What the Horse means →Life Path 9
Life Path 9Compassion at scale.
Jimi Hendrix's birth date, November 27, 1942, reduces to Life Path 9 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.
What Life Path 9 means →What stands out in Jimi’s chart
- Five of the ten planets sit in angular houses in Jimi Hendrix's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Mercury in the 1st house, Venus in the 1st house, Saturn in the 7th house and Uranus in the 7th house.
- The tightest major aspect in Jimi Hendrix's timed chart is Venus trine Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Sun, Mercury and Venus, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Jimi Hendrix combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Seeker.
Jimi’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
VenustrinePlutoseparating · 0.4° orb
Jimi’s affections flow straight into their depths. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercuryoppositionUranusseparating · 0.5° orb
Jimi’s mind pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel. A see-saw looking for balance, often played out through other people.
UranustrineNeptuneapplying · 0.8° orb
Jimi’s need for freedom flows straight into their imagination. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.
MercurysextileNeptuneseparating · 1.3° orb
VenusoppositionSaturnapplying · 1.8° orb
SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 1.9° orb
SaturnsextilePlutoapplying · 2.2° orb
SuntrinePlutoapplying · 2.3° orb
SunoppositionUranusseparating · 2.4° orb
SunconjunctionVenusseparating · 2.8° orb
SunsextileNeptuneseparating · 3.2° orb
MoonconjunctionJupiterseparating · 3.2° orb
MoonsextileNeptuneapplying · 3.6° orb
MercurytrinePlutoapplying · 4.2° orb
MoonsextileUranusapplying · 4.4° orb
SunoppositionSaturnapplying · 4.5° orb
MercuryconjunctionVenusapplying · 4.7° orb
UranussextilePlutoseparating · 4.7° orb
MoontrineMercuryapplying · 4.9° orb
VenusoppositionUranusseparating · 5.1° orb
MercuryoppositionSaturnapplying · 6.4° orb
SuntrineMoonapplying · 6.8° orb
SaturnconjunctionUranusapplying · 6.9° orb
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth0 of 10
- Air3 of 10
- Water3 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable5 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart, with no planets in Earth signs.
Jimi’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
What astrologers make of these five.
⚷ ChironLeo 29°09′ · House 9
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresPisces 20°42′ · House 4
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosAquarius 23°41′ · House 3
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLeo 14°05′ · House 9
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCancer 10°10′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- Eros sextile Ascendant 1.0°
Jimi’s dominant planets
1. ☽ Moon11 pts
rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects
2. ☿ Mercury11 pts
disposes Saturn, Uranus; angular in the first house; 7 major aspects
3. ☉ Sun10 pts
disposes Pluto; angular in the first house; 7 major aspects
Configurations in Jimi’s chart
Stellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
Minor aspects
semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter semi-square Saturn 0.5°
- Mars semi-square Neptune 0.9°
Jimi’s houses
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Cancer, house 8 | Sun, Mercury, Venus | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Capricorn | Saturn in Gemini, house 7 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Aquarius | Uranus in Gemini, house 7 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Pisces | Neptune in Libra, house 11 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Aries | Mars in Scorpio, house 12 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Taurus | Venus in Sagittarius, house 1 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Gemini | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 1 | Saturn, Uranus | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Cancer | Moon in Cancer, house 8 | Moon, Jupiter | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Leo | Sun in Sagittarius, house 1 | Pluto | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Virgo | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 1 | empty | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Libra | Venus in Sagittarius, house 1 | Neptune | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Scorpio | Pluto in Leo, house 9 | Mars | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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- Joseph Schwantner1943
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Born in United States
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Fellow Sagittarius suns
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Born in Horse years
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Also born on November 27
- Bruce Lee1940
- Han Kang1970
- Jil Sander1943
- Chin Han1969
- Jaleel White1976
- Desmond Dube1969
Fellow Yang Wood day masters
- Matthew LawrenceAmerican actor
- Matthew LillardAmerican actor (born 1970)
- Tara LipinskiAmerican figure skater (born 1982)
Other Sagittarius Horse charts
- Clay AikenAmerican singer-songwriter, actor, and record producer
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- Sarah HylandAmerican actress and singer
Other Evergreen Seekers
- Constance WuAmerican actress (born 1982)
- Alexis Mac AllisterArgentine association football player (born 1998)
- Thomas RamosFrench rugby union player
- Travis HeadAustralian cricketer
Other Sagittarius risings with documented times
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- Ray LiottaAmerican actor
- Frankie MunizAmerican actor (born 1985)
- Brian LittrellAmerican singer, member of the Backstreet Boys
Famous people with Life Path 9
- Gabriel MartinelliBrazilian footballer (born 2001)
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From the journal: Every sign's ruling planet and what it governs · Inner, outer and secret animals: the Four Pillars connection
Jimi’s cards
Computed from November 27, 1942. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The MoonAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen SeekerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Horse 午Life Path
9 · Healer♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
辛
yin Metal
亥
Pig
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
申
Monkey
Metal
you & partnership
Hour
己
yin Earth
巳
Snake
Fire
later life & legacy
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Jimi’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q5928 (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 Original photographer unknown, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Jimi Hendrix at Wikipedia, jimihendrix.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, YouTube and MusicBrainz.
Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Jimi Hendrix.
Quick answers about Jimi Hendrix’s chart
- What zodiac sign was Jimi Hendrix?
- Jimi Hendrix was a Sagittarius: born November 27, 1942, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius at the documented birth time.
- What was Jimi Hendrix's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the November 27, 1942 birth.
- What time was Jimi Hendrix born?
- 10:15 local time in Seattle, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What was Jimi Hendrix's rising sign?
- Sagittarius rising, calculated from the documented 10:15 birth time in Seattle, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- How tall was Jimi Hendrix?
- Jimi Hendrix was 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What was Jimi Hendrix's Life Path number?
- Life Path 9, calculated in numerology.
- What was Jimi Hendrix's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Leo at 29°, in the ninth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
- Where was Jimi Hendrix's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Cancer at 10°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What was Jimi Hendrix's dominant planet?
- Moon, on AsterNym's dominance score (11 points: rules the Moon sign, Cancer; in its own sign, Cancer; disposes Jupiter; 5 major aspects). Mercury is second and Sun third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
