Mars sextile Mars at a fifth of a degree
One near-exact link
Low in the range for contact across 93 pairs charted (29–86, median 41).
John Lennon and Paul McCartney compatibility
↓ Below: all 3 aspects named, with orbs
Sources conflict on the birth time. No recorded verification, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.
Note on this rating: Astro-Databank 18:30.
This page compares Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, the four placements a birth date alone can place. Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven are left out here by design, not by omission, so nothing on this page is scored against a birth time it cannot trust.
Cross-aspects
Where the two charts actually touch
Category shape
Five categories, one chart each
Friction
MARS × MARS
friction point, from John Lennon's Mars sextile Paul McCartney's Mars
58
Identity
SUN × SUN
No aspect inside orb. Their core identities read independently of each other here.
None
Communication
MERCURY × MERCURY
No aspect inside orb. This engine finds no direct communication channel between them.
None
Attraction
VENUS × MARS
No aspect inside orb. Neither Venus reaches the other's Mars within orb.
None
Values
VENUS × VENUS
No aspect inside orb. Their values neither align nor clash by this measure.
None
Scores rank how close a contact is to exact, not how well two people get along. A high friction score means the two Mars are in tight aspect, which is information, not a warning.
The overlap
Two charts, laid over each other
John Lennon and Paul McCartney's Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars are drawn here, the four placements a birth date alone can place with no birth time required. This is a complete chart of what is known, not a partial chart of what is not.
| Thin line, Mars to Mars | SEXTILE 0.19° |
| Thin line, Sun to Mercury | TRINE 2.23° |
| House ring, not drawn | |
Why they click
Mars sextiles Mars at 0.19 degrees. In a pair with only three aspects, that near-exact contact carries everything: identical instincts about pace, about when a thing is finished, about how hard to push. John's Sun trines Paul's Mercury at 2.23, a second easy line that lets one man's presence sit comfortably with the other's way of putting things. Both of the pair's soft contacts are close to exact.
Why they clash
Three aspects, and four of the five categories sit at the no-contact baseline. There is no Sun to Sun contact, no Mercury to Mercury, and no Venus to Venus, which for a partnership defined by writing together is a conspicuous absence in the time-independent bodies the engine reads. Nothing connects their taste. Nothing connects their speech directly. The single quincunx, John's Sun to Paul's Venus at 2.34, is the only unresolved angle, and it has no company.
What each system says
Twelve systems, two people
The Suns are 110° apart, outside orb of any aspect, which is why identity reads as an empty channel above.
Dragon and Horse are in neither the trines nor the clashes.
Films together
Groups
Shared history
Shared life events
The Beatles arrive in the United States
Departed Heathrow for New York, beginning the British Invasion.Source ↗
Sep 10, 1963 – Jul 6, 1964 · 300 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Midheavenslow
- Uranus sextile Mercuryslow
- Jupiter opposition Sunfast
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
Editorial note · Saturn trine Sun
The Saturn trine Sun transit coincided with The Beatles' arrival in the US, marking a moment of structured public recognition and career establishment.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Paul McCartney, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
US TV debut watched by ~73 million; the start of American Beatlemania.Source ↗
Sep 14, 1963 – Jul 6, 1964 · 296 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus trine Midheavenslow
- Uranus sextile Mercuryslow
- Jupiter opposition Sunfast
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
Editorial note · Saturn trine Sun
The Saturn trine Sun transit supported the solidification of their public identity during this career milestone.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Paul McCartney, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released
Released in the UK; widely regarded as their creative peak.Source ↗
Mar 6 – Aug 15, 1967 · 162 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn square Midheavenslow
- North Node trine Midheavenfast
- North Node opposition Mercuryfast
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Pluto square Mercuryslow
- Pluto trine Venusslow
- Chiron square Sunslow
- Uranus trine Venusslow
- Uranus square Mercuryslow
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
Editorial note · Uranus square Mercury
The Uranus square Mercury transit for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band's release underscored the album's challenging yet innovative approach to musical communication.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Paul McCartney, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
The Beatles break up
Paul McCartney announces his departure, effectively ending the band.Source ↗
Oct 27, 1969 – Sep 22, 1970 · 330 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Chiron square Midheavenslow
- Saturn opposition Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Venusslow
- Jupiter square Moonfast
- Jupiter sextile Venusfast
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Jupiter square Marsfast
Editorial note · Jupiter square Mars
The Jupiter square Mars transit highlighted the assertive conflicts and clashing directions that accompanied The Beatles' breakup.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Paul McCartney, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Frequently asked
Are John Lennon and Paul McCartney astrologically compatible?
Their charts make 3 cross-aspects, the tightest at 0.19° and 2.23°. Astrology does not score a relationship out of a hundred, and the number on this page counts how much contact two charts make, not how well two people do.
Why isn't there a house ring on the chart above?
At least one of John Lennon and Paul McCartney doesn't have a curated, non-estimated birth time, so a house placement would be a guess. This page only shows what a birth date alone can place.
What does trine mean between two charts?
A trine puts two placements in easy relation, a flow that takes little effort to access. John Lennon and Paul McCartney have one trine between them.
Exact, and all soft
Read the relationship as one chart
This page compares Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, because those are the four that a birth date alone can place. With no hard contact between the two, a composite chart, the midpoint of both, often reads clean.