Birth Chart
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr
Sun Scorpio
Moon Libra
Ascendant Scorpio
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 24°29' - in house 1
↣ Moon in Libra - 00°32' - in house 10/11
↣ Mercury in Sagittarius - 14°44' - in house 1/2
↣ Venus in Scorpio - 28°56' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Mars in Libra - 14°38' - in house 11
↣ Jupiter in Aquarius - 23°48' - in house 4
↣ Saturn in Aries - 11°53' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Taurus - 15°27' - in house 7 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 22°55' - in house 10
↣ Pluto in Leo - 01°28' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Scorpio - 17°47' - in house 1
↣ Ascendant in Scorpio - 20°23' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Virgo - 04°37' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Sagittarius - 08°13'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 1
↣ Moon in house 10/11
↣ Mercury in house 1/2
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 11
↣ Jupiter in house 4
↣ Saturn in house 5
↣ Uranus in house 7
↣ Neptune in house 10
↣ Pluto in house 9
↣ North Node in house 1
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (4°28' applying)
↣ Sun and Jupiter square (0°41' separating)
↣ Sun and Uranus opposition (9°02' separating)
↣ Sun and Neptune sextile (1°34' separating)
↣ Sun and North Node conjunction (6°42' separating)
↣ Sun and Ascendant conjunction (4°06' applying) parallel
↣ Moon and Venus sextile (1°35' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars parallel
↣ Moon and Neptune conjunction (7°37' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (0°56' applying)
↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (0°06' separating)
↣ Mercury and Saturn trine (2°51' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (6°31' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter square (5°09' applying)
↣ Venus and Pluto trine (2°31' separating) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (9°17' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (8°33' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven square (5°40' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn opposition (2°45' separating)
↣ Mars and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant square (3°25' applying)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant trine (3°40' applying)
↣ Uranus and North Node opposition (2°20' separating)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant opposition (4°56' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node sextile (5°08' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant sextile (2°32' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant conjunction (2°36' separating) parallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Gordon Meredith Lightfoot Jr
- Chart date
- 17/11/1938
- Chart time
- 07:00
- Date and time quality
- A Memory what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Orillia (ON), Canada - Latitude and longitude
- 44°37' North · 79°25' West
- Time zone
- 05:00 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Gordon Lightfoot was a Canadian singer‑songwriter whose career crossed folk, country and rock, making him one of the country’s most recognizable voices. The author of songs that reached an international audience, he was noted both for his own compositions and for songs recorded by celebrated artists. Among his hits are "Sundown" and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald," the latter inspired by the sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald and kept on classic rock radio for decades.
Over the course of his career he received broad recognition: 15 Juno Awards, multiple Grammy nominations and induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame and the Canadian Country Music Hall of Fame. He was appointed to the Order of Canada and the Order of Ontario and also has a star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.
His discography includes key albums from the 1960s and 1970s, such as Lightfoot! and Sundown, and compilations that reinforced his influence on Canadian popular music. His work established him as a central figure in enabling Canadian pop artists to succeed without moving to the United States.
He died in 2023, leaving a legacy defined by the narrative strength of his lyrics and the enduring presence of his songs in North American musical culture.
