Mars conjunct Mars at a quarter degree
Locked tempo
Middle of the range for contact across 93 pairs charted (29–86, median 41).
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr compatibility
↓ Below: all 4 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: Birth time 00:05, Rodden A (from memory or autobiography) via astrotheme.com, crediting Lois Rodden / Astro-Databank.
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 Paul McCartney's Mars conjunction Ringo Starr's Mars
99
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
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr'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 Mars | CONJUNCTION 0.23° |
| Thick line, Mars to Mercury | CONJUNCTION 2.73° |
| House ring, not drawn | |
Why they click
Mars sits conjunct Mars at 0.23 degrees, scoring 99. Two drives in the same place moving at the same rate: a bassist and a drummer with their Mars within a quarter of a degree. Paul's Sun is conjunct Ringo's Venus at 3.12 and his Venus sextiles Ringo's Sun in return, so warmth travels in both directions. Every aspect in this pair is a conjunction or a sextile, with nothing oppositional anywhere in it.
Why they clash
The Mars conjunction that makes them work also removes the gap. Two drives at 0.23 degrees have no differential, so there is no natural division of labor and no one instinctively hanging back. Paul's Mars conjunct Ringo's Mercury at 2.73 puts that same drive directly onto the other's speech. Beyond it, contact is thin: no Sun to Sun, no Mercury to Mercury, no Venus to Venus, and attraction, communication and identity all rest on the baseline of 30.
What each system says
Twelve systems, two people
The Suns are 18.4° apart, outside orb of any aspect, which is why identity reads as an empty channel above.
Horse and Dragon 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 ↗
Dec 17, 1963 – Mar 30, 1964 · 104 days
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.
Ringo Starr
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron trine Sunslow
- Pluto sextile Sunslow
- Jupiter square Sunfast
Editorial note · Jupiter square Sun
Jupiter square Sun in house 1 marked a period of significant public expansion and a dynamic assertion of their identity upon their arrival.
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
US TV debut watched by ~73 million; the start of American Beatlemania.Source ↗
Dec 17, 1963 – Apr 3, 1964 · 108 days
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.
Ringo Starr
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron trine Sunslow
- Pluto sextile Sunslow
- Jupiter square Sunfast
Editorial note · Jupiter square Sun
Jupiter square Sun in house 1 reflected a dynamic expansion of The Beatles' public identity during their debut.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released
Released in the UK; widely regarded as their creative peak.Source ↗
Feb 13 – Sep 5, 1967 · 204 days
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.
Ringo Starr
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron square Venusslow
- Chiron square Midheavenslow
- North Node square Mercuryfast
- North Node square Moonfast
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
Editorial note · North Node square Mercury
The album's debut marked a pivotal moment for expressing their identity and influencing the collective direction of musical communication.
The Beatles break up
Paul McCartney announces his departure, effectively ending the band.Source ↗
Oct 12, 1969 – Oct 7, 1970 · 360 days
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.
Ringo Starr
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto opposition Ascendantslow
- Uranus sextile Mercuryslow
- Chiron trine Mercuryslow
- Pluto square Midheavenslow
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Jupiter square Mercuryfast
- Jupiter square Moonfast
- Jupiter square Marsfast
Editorial note · Jupiter square Moon
Jupiter square Moon in house 7 highlighted emotional friction and public challenges within their partnerships during The Beatles' breakup.
Frequently asked
Are Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr astrologically compatible?
Their charts make 4 cross-aspects, the tightest at 0.23° and 2.73°. 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 Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr 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 conjunction mean between two charts?
A conjunction puts two placements at nearly the same degree, so their energies blend into one signal rather than two. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr have 3 conjunction contacts between them, more than any other type.
Tight contact, mixed valence
Run the full synastry
This page compares Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars, because those are the four that a birth date alone can place. The synastry calculator runs all ten bodies against each other.