Birth Chart
John Sayles
John Thomas Sayles
Sun Libra
Moon Taurus
Ascendant Libra
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 04°44' - in house 1
↣ Moon in Taurus - 00°21' - in house 8
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 18°16' - in house 12
↣ Venus in Virgo - 22°47' - in house 12
↣ Mars in Sagittarius - 01°50' - in house 3
↣ Jupiter in Aquarius - 28°41' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Virgo - 24°13' - in house 12
↣ Uranus in Cancer - 09°21' - in house 10
↣ Neptune in Libra - 16°38' - in house 1
↣ Pluto in Leo - 19°11' - in house 11
↣ North Node in Pisces - 28°22' - in house 7 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Libra - 04°03' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Cancer - 04°47' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Libra - 05°41'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 1
↣ Moon in house 8
↣ Mercury in house 12
↣ Venus in house 12
↣ Mars in house 3
↣ Jupiter in house 5
↣ Saturn in house 12
↣ Uranus in house 10
↣ Neptune in house 1
↣ Pluto in house 11
↣ North Node in house 7
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (2°55' separating)
↣ Sun and Uranus square (4°37' applying)
↣ Sun and North Node opposition (6°22' separating) parallel
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (0°56' separating)
↣ Sun and Ascendant conjunction (0°41' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and Midheaven square (0°03' separating)
↣ Moon and Jupiter sextile (1°40' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Midheaven sextile (4°26' separating)
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (4°31' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn conjunction (5°57' applying) parallel
↣ Mercury and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn conjunction (1°26' applying) parallel
↣ Venus and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Venus and North Node opposition (5°35' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter square (3°09' separating)
↣ Mars and North Node trine (3°27' separating)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (3°51' separating)
↣ Mars and Ascendant sextile (2°13' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (6°06' separating)
↣ Saturn and North Node opposition (4°09' applying)
↣ Saturn and Ascendant conjunction (9°50' separating)
↣ Uranus and Pluto parallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°40' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant square (5°18' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven conjunction (4°34' applying) parallel
↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (2°34' applying)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven parallel
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (7°18' separating) parallel
↣ North Node and Ascendant opposition (5°41' separating) parallel
↣ North Node and Midheaven square (6°25' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- John Thomas Sayles
- Chart date
- 28/09/1950
- Chart time
- 05:50
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Schenectady (NY), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 42°49' North · 73°56' 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
John Thomas Sayles is an American independent filmmaker known as a screenwriter, director, editor, actor and novelist. He became a central figure in independent cinema by writing and directing films that blend social drama, history and political commentary, including Return of the Secaucus 7, The Brother from Another Planet, Matewan, Eight Men Out, Passion Fish, The Secret of Roan Inish, Lone Star and Silver City.
His career includes both low-budget personal films financed by genre screenplays and work on scriptwriting and rewrites for commercial productions; this dual activity gave him creative autonomy. He received Oscar nominations for original screenplay (Passion Fish and Lone Star), won an Edgar Award for television and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, and his films have been preserved in the National Film Registry, a sign of cultural significance in the U.S.
Sayles keeps a regular roster of collaborators and often appears in small roles in his own films. His work examines community tensions, identities and historical memory, establishing him as one of the most influential figures in American independent cinema of recent decades.
