John Legend
John Legend (born December 28, 1978, Springfield, United States, 08:25), aged 47, is an American singer-songwriter. Legend's honours include Academy Award for Best Original Song, Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song and Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
John Legend’s zodiac sign is Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Horse, with Life Path 11 in numerology.
Capricorn, and in the Chinese zodiac they are an 
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John Legend’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Visionary
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 11 is traditionally called a master path. It represents intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 11, on the intuitive plane.
How common is the name John in the U.S.?
#23
US rank in 2025
~5,204,377
Americans share it since 1880
1947
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
John’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
11 · 2 · 3 · 7
Lucky colours
Yellow & Ochre
Lucky day
Saturday
Direction
• Center
Season
the turning of seasons
Stones
Turquoise, Blue Sapphire, Citrine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🤍 Camellia · 🌼 Chrysanthemum
Frost white · Ivory · Gold
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
The record
What sets John apart
John von Neumann (1903) and Liu Xiaobo (1955) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
What the chart says
John, according to the stars
Core essence
John is playing a longer game than everyone else at the table. The core of John 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, John is an optimist who needs the door left open. The Moon in Sagittarius feels best in motion, out in the world, laughing at the thing that went wrong. What John needs to feel safe is freedom and the truth, in that order. Try to contain them and they vanish; trust them and they come back every time.
How John wants to be loved
John wants to be loved completely or not at all. Venus in Scorpio is intense, private and all in, and wants the same depth back: no games, no half measures. Trust is the whole thing. Be honest with John even when it costs you, and they will be the most devoted person you have ever met.
How John creates
How John 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. John 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: John 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 Earth year grounds it: practical, patient, someone people lean on.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 11 is the visionary, a master number. John is here to see what others cannot yet and to say it, an antenna for the mood of the moment. Intuitive, inspiring, sometimes overwhelmed by their own sensitivity, and learning to ground the vision in something real.
Triggers
Triggers: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means John does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from John's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where John sits
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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 may wear your feelings openly. What you feel tends to show.
You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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John Legend at a glance
Capricorn Sun
Capricorn SunDry wit, dead serious.
John Legend's Sun was in Capricorn at the documented birth time. Traditional Capricorn readings associate the sign with ambition, structure and the long game: building slowly toward a position that will hold. Astrologers describe it as the cardinal earth sign, ruled by Saturn, and read it for discipline and reserve. The corresponding tension is severity, described in the tradition as a seriousness that can be turned on the self as hard as on the work.
Earth Horse
Earth HorseCan't stand still. Won't.
John Legend was born on December 28, 1978, which falls in a Earth Horse year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Horse readings emphasise energy, independence and movement: a sign happiest with somewhere to go and impatient with fences. The Chinese almanacs describe the Horse as sociable, quick and difficult to keep in one place. The corresponding caution in the tradition is inconstancy, and the habit of leaving before the work of staying has begun.
Life Path 11
Life Path 11Intuition before evidence.
John Legend's birth date, December 28, 1978, reduces to Life Path 11 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 11 readings treat the number as a master path, associated with intuition, sensitivity and noticing patterns before they become obvious. Numerologists read it as an intensified 2: the partner's gifts under pressure. The corresponding tension is nervous strain, with the caution that perceiving more than most people can be exhausting to carry.
What stands out in John’s chart
- Three of the ten planets sit in angular houses in John Legend's timed chart: Sun in the 1st house, Mars in the 1st house and Pluto in the 10th house.
- The tightest major aspect in John Legend's timed chart is Moon sextile Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Three planets, Moon, Mercury and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- John Legend combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a cardinal Sun and a Life Path on the intuitive plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Visionary.
John’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
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects, tightest first
MoonsextilePlutoseparating · 0.1° orb
John’s feelings open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MoonconjunctionNeptuneseparating · 0.2° orb
John’s feelings and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
NeptunesextilePlutoapplying · 0.3° orb
John’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
MercurysquareSaturnseparating · 0.9° orb
John’s mind grinds against their discipline.
MarstrineSaturnapplying · 1.9° orb
John’s drive flows straight into their discipline.
VenusconjunctionUranusseparating · 2.0° orb
John’s affections and need for freedom act as one.
MercuryconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 3.9° orb
John’s mind and imagination act as one.
MoonconjunctionMercuryseparating · 4.1° orb
John’s feelings and mind act as one.
MercurysextilePlutoapplying · 4.2° orb
John’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
SaturnsquareNeptuneseparating · 4.8° orb
John’s discipline grinds against their imagination. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
MoonsquareSaturnseparating · 5.0° orb
John’s feelings grind against their discipline. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.
SunconjunctionMarsapplying · 5.6° orb
John’s core identity and drive act as one.
MarssquarePlutoapplying · 7.0° orb
John’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire4 of 10
- Earth3 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal3 of 10
- Fixed3 of 10
- Mutable4 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
John’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith
Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 5°12′ · House 5
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has John building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresAquarius 8°57′ · House 2
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. John is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.
♡ ErosSagittarius 9°03′ · House 12
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Sagittarius is read as desire for the far-off and the free. The reading has John attracted to people who open a door rather than close one.
⚕ HygieaCapricorn 29°39′ · House 1
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Capricorn is read as health as discipline and a long game. John is read as someone who keeps going past the point others stop, for better and worse.
⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 8°27′ · House 8
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Black Moon Lilith in Leo is read as a pride that will not perform on demand. John is read as most dangerous when underestimated.
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.
- Black Moon Lilith conjunction Jupiter 1.1°
- Chiron trine Sun 1.3°
- Ceres opposition Jupiter 1.6°
- Eros trine Jupiter 1.7°
- Chiron square Jupiter 2.2°
Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).
John’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.
1. ♄ Saturn12 pts
rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; rules the Ascendant, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mars; 4 major aspects
2. ♇ Pluto8 pts
disposes Venus, Uranus; angular in the tenth house; 4 major aspects
3. ♃ Jupiter6 pts
rules the Moon sign, Sagittarius; disposes Moon, Mercury, Neptune
A Saturn-led chart is read as structure and endurance leading: John is read as someone who builds slowly and keeps what is built.
How the score is built
- Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
- Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
- Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
- Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
- Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.
Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.
Configurations in John’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.
Stellium in Sagittarius · Moon, Mercury, NeptuneThree 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 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated.
- Sun semi-square Venus 0.1°
- Jupiter quintile Pluto 0.3°
- Uranus semi-sextile Pluto 0.5°
- Moon semi-sextile Uranus 0.6°
- Uranus semi-sextile Neptune 0.8°
- Sun quincunx Jupiter 0.9°
- Sun semi-square Uranus 1.9°
John’s houses
Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.
| House | Sign | Ruler | Planets | Themes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capricorn | Saturn in Virgo, house 9 | Sun, Mars | self, body, how you arrive |
| 2 | Aquarius | Uranus in Scorpio, house 11 | empty | money, possessions, self-worth |
| 3 | Pisces | Neptune in Sagittarius, house 12 | empty | mind, siblings, the local world |
| 4 | Aries | Mars in Capricorn, house 1 | empty | home, family, roots |
| 5 | Taurus | Venus in Scorpio, house 11 | empty | creativity, romance, play |
| 6 | Gemini | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 12 | empty | work, habits, health |
| 7 | Cancer | Moon in Sagittarius, house 12 | empty | partnership, marriage, open rivals |
| 8 | Leo | Sun in Capricorn, house 1 | Jupiter | shared resources, intimacy, transformation |
| 9 | Virgo | Mercury in Sagittarius, house 12 | Saturn | belief, travel, higher learning |
| 10 | Libra | Venus in Scorpio, house 11 | Pluto | career, reputation, public life |
| 11 | Scorpio | Pluto in Libra, house 10 | Venus, Uranus | friends, community, the future |
| 12 | Sagittarius | Jupiter in Leo, house 8 | Moon, Mercury, Neptune | the inner world, rest, what is hidden |
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From the journal: Zodiac clashes and the ben ming nian year · Yin and yang: the idea underneath everything else
John’s cards
Every card is computed from December 28, 1978, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♄ Ruled by Saturn
Lead Pb
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yang Wood.
Year
戊
yang Earth
午
Horse
Fire
roots & early life
Month
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
甲
yang Wood
子
Rat
Water
you & partnership
Hour
戊
yang Earth
辰
Dragon
Earth
later life & legacy
Where this data comes from
John’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q44857, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.
Portrait by PhilipRomanoPhoto, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Quick answers about John Legend’s chart
- How old is John Legend?
- John Legend is 47 years old, born December 28, 1978 in Springfield, United States.
- What zodiac sign is John Legend?
- John Legend is a Capricorn: born December 28, 1978, which puts the Sun in Capricorn at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are an Earth Horse.
- What is John Legend's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Horse, with the Earth element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 28, 1978 birth.
- What time was John Legend born?
- 08:25 local time in Springfield, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
- What is John Legend's rising sign?
- Capricorn rising, calculated from the documented 08:25 birth time in Springfield, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
- What is John Legend's Life Path number?
- Life Path 11, calculated in numerology from the December 28, 1978 birth date.
- What is John Legend's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 5°, in the fifth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 28, 1978 birth time.
- Where is John Legend's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 8°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is John Legend's dominant planet?
- Saturn, on AsterNym's dominance score (12 points: rules the Sun sign, Capricorn; rules the Ascendant, Capricorn; disposes Sun, Mars; 4 major aspects). Pluto is second and Jupiter third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
