Two near-exact squares onto one Sun, neither of them counted
Tight and uncounted
Low in the range for contact across 93 pairs charted (29–86, median 41).
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird compatibility
↓ Below: all 5 aspects named, with orbs
No birth time on record, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.
Note on this rating: Date and birthplace confirmed independently via Wikidata (P569/P19, precision to the day) and English Wikipedia. No reliable birth time is on public record, so none is asserted here.
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
Attraction
VENUS × MARS
live spark, from Magic Johnson's Mars sextile Larry Bird's Venus
51
Values
VENUS × VENUS
shared values, from Magic Johnson's Venus sextile Larry Bird's Venus
48
Identity
SUN × SUN
core identity dynamic, from Magic Johnson's Sun trine Larry Bird's Sun
23
Communication
MERCURY × MERCURY
No aspect inside orb. This engine finds no direct communication channel between them.
None
Friction
MARS × MARS
No aspect inside orb. No built-in friction point shows up between the two Mars placements.
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
Magic Johnson and Larry Bird'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.
| Thick line, Mars to Sun | SQUARE 0.30° |
| Thick line, Venus to Sun | SQUARE 0.54° |
| House ring, not drawn | |
Why they click
Johnson's Mars squares Bird's Sun at three tenths of a degree, and his Venus squares the same Sun at just over half a degree. Those are the two tightest contacts between the charts by a wide margin, and both fall outside the five pairings the score tracks, so neither moves a single category.
Why they clash
What does count is softer and wider. Attraction reads 51 on a Mars sextile Venus within a degree, values 48 on the two Venuses a little over a degree apart, and identity drops to 23 on a Sun trine Sun five and a half degrees wide. That last figure sits below the 30 the engine returns for no contact at all, because a soft aspect starts at 20 and has to earn its way up with tightness.
What each system says
Twelve systems, two people
The Suns are 114.4° apart, close enough to feed the identity category above.
Pig and Monkey are in neither the trines nor the clashes.
Shared history
Shared life events
Michigan State beats Indiana State in the NCAA final
Johnson and Bird meet for the title in what remains the most watched college basketball game ever played.Source ↗
Feb 7 – May 12, 1979 · 94 days
Magic Johnson
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Uranus square Sunslow
- Chiron square Mercuryslow
- Neptune trine Sunslow
- North Node conjunction Venusfast
- North Node conjunction Marsfast
Editorial note · Neptune trine Sun
The Neptune trine Sun transit coincided with an inspired performance, reflecting the realization of a significant career ideal.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Magic Johnson, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Larry Bird
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- North Node square Sunfast
- Jupiter trine Marsfast
Editorial note · Jupiter trine Mars
The Jupiter trine Mars transit coincided with Michigan State's victorious drive and competitive success in the NCAA final.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Larry Bird, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Celtics beat Lakers in game seven of the NBA Finals
The first Finals meeting between the two, and the start of three in four years.Source ↗
Dec 15, 1983 – Dec 9, 1984 · 360 days
Magic Johnson
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Saturn square Mercuryslow
- North Node sextile Mercuryfast
Editorial note · Saturn square Mercury
Saturn square Mercury suggested the demanding mental strategies and communication challenges present in the Celtics' NBA Finals victory.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Magic Johnson, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Larry Bird
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow
- Neptune conjunction Mercuryslow
- Neptune square Marsslow
- Pluto sextile Mercuryslow
Editorial note · Neptune conjunction Mercury
The decisive win saw strategic plays take on a dreamlike, intuitive quality.
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Larry Bird, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Frequently asked
Are Magic Johnson and Larry Bird astrologically compatible?
Their charts make 5 cross-aspects, the tightest at 0.3° and 0.54°. 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 Magic Johnson and Larry Bird 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 square mean between two charts?
A square puts two placements at a right angle, generating friction that tends to force action. Magic Johnson and Larry Bird have 2 square contacts between them, more than any other type.
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.