The life of Allison Janney
Who is Allison Janney?
Allison Janney won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in March 2018 for I, Tonya, playing Tonya Harding's mother. She had already won seven Emmy Awards, four of them for playing C.J. Cregg on The West Wing. At six feet tall she was told early that she would struggle to be cast. She has worked steadily on stage throughout.
Allison Janney's defining moments, and the transits behind them
Allison Janney and Philip Joncas begin a relationship
The Partnership in the timeline ↓90th Academy Awards
The Award in the timeline ↓Allison Janney's birth chart
This is how a birth chart reads: the wheel plots Allison Janney's placements at the moment of birth, and the three below anchor everything else on this page. Try it on your own chart to run the same read on a chart of your own.
☾ Born Nov 19, 1959 · 12:44 PM EDT · BostonBirth data: AASee sources
3 placements that explain this chart
Allison Janney pairs an intuitive fifth-house Cancer Moon with Jupiter conjunct the Midheaven, anchoring complex character work across stage and screen.
A Scorpio Sun holds its intensity behind a controlled surface. It decides privately, commits hard once decided, and rarely shows the working that led it there.
Cancer Moon gives that Scorpio core a long memory for how things felt. It protects its own people first and reads the mood of a room before anyone names it.
Pisces Rising softens the entrance. The first impression is receptive and unguarded, sitting over a water chart that is far more self-contained than it appears.
Elements, modalities and chart signature
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with Allison Janney's.
This is what a whole chart looks like at once, before it breaks into individual placements: where the element and modality weight sits, and how the four quadrants divide.
Elements and modalities
Chart Signature
10 of 10 bodies mappedWater-led, with no modality standing out.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| Total | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
No dominant planet is named because two planets score equally.
Some charts hold a recognizable shape across several placements at once. This is what a pattern reading looks like when one is present.
Chart patterns that stand out
Jupiter conjunct an angle: right at the chart's most visible points
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Allison Janney in twelve systems: Human Design, Vedic, Gene Keys and more
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →The same birth data, read through each system in turn: this is what a full multi-system reading looks like on one chart.
Natal Chart
placidus houses
Natal Chart snapshot
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith | ♊︎ Gemini 10°54' | 3 | -Direct | — | Reorientation |
| ● Moon | ♋︎ Cancer 13°48' | 5 | -Direct | — | Contemplation |
| Uranus | ♌︎ Leo 21°03' | 6 | -Direct | — | Fidelity |
| Pluto | ♍︎ Virgo 6°04' | 7 | -Direct | — | Seclusion |
| North node | ♎︎ Libra 2°19' | 7 | ℞ | — | Renewal |
| Venus | ♎︎ Libra 10°14' | 7 | -Direct | — | Scrutiny |
| Neptune | ♏︎ Scorpio 7°26' | 8 | -Direct | — | Serenity |
| Mars | ♏︎ Scorpio 20°09' | 8 | -Direct | — | Integrity |
| ● Sun | ♏︎ Scorpio 26°39' | 9 | -Direct | — | Pageantry |
| Mercury | ♐︎ Sagittarius 7°12' | 9 | ℞ | — | Transformation |
| ● Jupiter | ♐︎ Sagittarius 9°17' | 9 | -Direct | — | Fortune |
| Saturn | ♑︎ Capricorn 4°42' | 10 | -Direct | — | Mobilization |
| Chiron | ♒︎ Aquarius 22°50' | 12 | -Direct | — | Playfulness |
| South node | ♈︎ Aries 2°19' | — | -Direct | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♓︎ Pisces | 0°19' | - |
| House 2 | ♈︎ Aries | 18°58' | - |
| House 3 | ♉︎ Taurus | 21°08' | Lilith |
| House 4 | ♊︎ Gemini | 14°17' | - |
| House 5 | ♋︎ Cancer | 4°47' | Moon |
| House 6 | ♋︎ Cancer | 27°28' | Uranus |
| House 7 | ♍︎ Virgo | 0°19' | Pluto, North node, Venus |
| House 8 | ♎︎ Libra | 18°58' | Neptune, Mars |
| House 9 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 21°08' | Sun, Mercury, Jupiter |
| House 10 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 14°17' | Saturn |
| House 11 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 4°47' | - |
| House 12 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 27°28' | Chiron |
Full aspects · 27
- Mercury Semi sextile Neptune0.2°
- Mars Semi square Saturn0.4°
- Venus Trine Lilith0.7°
- Mars Square Uranus0.9°
- Venus Sextile Jupiter0.9°
- Mercury Square Pluto1.1°
- Saturn Sesquiquadrate Uranus1.4°
- Neptune Sextile Pluto1.4°
- Saturn Trine Pluto1.4°
- Sun Semi square Venus1.4°
- Jupiter Opposition Lilith1.6°
- Uranus Opposition Chiron1.8°
- Jupiter Semi sextile Neptune1.9°
- Mercury Conjunction Jupiter2.1°
- Saturn Square North node2.4°
- Mars Square Chiron2.7°
- Saturn Sextile Neptune2.7°
- Mercury Sextile Venus3.0°
- Jupiter Square Pluto3.2°
- Moon Square Venus3.6°
- Mercury Opposition Lilith3.7°
- Sun Square Chiron3.8°
- Pluto Square Lilith4.8°
- Venus Square Saturn5.5°
- Sun Square Uranus5.6°
- Sun Conjunction Mars6.5°
- Venus Conjunction North node7.9°
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden AA · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
58th Primetime Emmy Awards
Mercury dasha · Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Uranus trine Moon
Eighteen days before the Emmy ceremony, a power window saw Uranus trining the first-house Moon, stirring up an electric current of public excitement and personal reinvention.
Allison Janney's chart on award day, 2006Collapse
May 17Aug 27Dec 7May 17 – Dec 7, 2006 · 204 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Uranus square Midheavenslow
- Uranus trine Moonslow
- Chiron sextile Mercuryslow
- Saturn square Marsslow
- Neptune square Marsslow
- Jupiter trine Moonfast
- North Node trine Sunfast
- 6 QUIET YEARS
Allison Janney and Philip Joncas begin a relationship
Wikidata P451 claim on Q229487, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Ketu dasha · Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 8
No dated transit window covers this date in Allison Janney's chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
66th Primetime Emmy Awards
Ketu dasha · Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Uranus square Moon
Arriving 62 days after the Emmy ceremony, Uranus square the first-house Moon brought an electric wave of personal reinvention during this intense power window.
Allison Janney's chart on award day, 2014Collapse
Feb 26Aug 25Feb 21Feb 26, 2014 – Feb 21, 2015 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Pluto opposition Moonslow
- Uranus square Moonslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Chiron square Midheavenslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Saturn conjunction Marsslow
- Uranus trine Midheavenslow
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Jupiter trine Mercuryfast
- Jupiter sextile Venusfast
67th Primetime Emmy Awards
Ketu dasha · Personal year 11 · Pinnacle 8
6 passages in force · Chiron trine Mars · Pluto opposition Moon · Neptune square Mercury · Saturn square Ascendant · Pluto square Venus · Jupiter square Mercury
Allison Janney's chart on award day, 2015Collapse
Apr 28Sep 20Feb 12Apr 28, 2015 – Feb 12, 2016 · 290 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron trine Marsslow
- Pluto opposition Moonslow
- Neptune square Mercuryslow
- Saturn square Ascendantslow
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Jupiter square Mercuryfast
71st British Academy Film Awards
Ketu dasha · Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 8
5 passages in force · Neptune trine Moon · Pluto sextile Mars · Chiron trine Sun · North Node trine Midheaven · Jupiter conjunction Mars
Allison Janney's chart on award day, 2018Collapse
Aug 22Feb 18Aug 17Aug 22, 2017 – Aug 17, 2018 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Moonslow
- Pluto sextile Marsslow
- Chiron trine Sunslow
- North Node trine Midheavenfast
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
90th Academy Awards
Ketu dasha · Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 8
5 passages in force · Neptune trine Moon · Pluto sextile Mars · Chiron trine Sun · Saturn square Venus · North Node trine Midheaven
Allison Janney's chart on award day, 2018Collapse
Sep 5Mar 4Aug 31Sep 5, 2017 – Aug 31, 2018 · 360 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune trine Moonslow
- Pluto sextile Marsslow
- Chiron trine Sunslow
- Saturn square Venusslow
- North Node trine Midheavenfast
Human Design
Sacral Generator on the 3/5 Profile
The 3/5 profile masters craft through hands-on iteration, relying on defined sacral stamina to sustain demanding production schedules.
Human Design snapshot
The Right Angle Cross of Contagion
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Centers · 7 defined / 2 open
| Centre | State | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Defined | — |
| Ajna | Defined | — |
| Throat | Open | — |
| G identity | Defined | — |
| Heart will | Defined | — |
| Sacral | Defined | — |
| Solar plexus | Open | — |
| Spleen | Defined | — |
| Root | Defined | — |
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
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Personality activations · 12
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 14.3 |
| · Earth | 8.3 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 39.5 |
| ☊ North node | 46.5 |
| ☋ South node | 25.5 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 9.2 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 48.1 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 43.2 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 58.1 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 4.3 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 28.6 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 40.1 |
Design activations · 13
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 29.5 |
| · Earth | 30.5 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 51.2 |
| ☊ North node | 18.1 |
| ☋ South node | 17.1 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 33.3 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 64.3 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 47.4 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 43.6 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 10.3 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 7.5 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 28.3 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 59.4 |
Defined channels · 4
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Gene Key 14: From Compromise to Bounteous Competence
Focuses on turning dedicated technical capability and physical endurance into fertile, expansive artistic output.
Gene Keys snapshot
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Hologenetic Profile
Activation Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Life's Work | Gene Key 14 Conscious Sun | |
| Evolution | Gene Key 8 Conscious Earth | |
| Radiance | Gene Key 29 Unconscious Sun | |
| Purpose | Gene Key 30 Unconscious Earth |
Venus Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Attraction | Gene Key 51 | |
| IQ | Gene Key 48 | |
| EQ | Gene Key 43 | |
| SQ | Gene Key 64 |
Pearl Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Gene Key 47 | |
| Culture | Gene Key 43 | |
| Pearl | Gene Key 9 |
Rings, codons & partners
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Sidereal lunar mansions & dashas
Vedic Nakshatras snapshot
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Nakshatra placements · 14
● shown in snapshot · scrolls →
| Body | Nakshatra | Pada | Sidereal | Ruler | Deity | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lilith | Rohini | 3 | Taurus 17° | Moon | Brahma | Male Serpent |
| ● Moon | Punarvasu | 1 | Gemini 20° | Jupiter | Aditi | Female Cat |
| Uranus | Ashlesha | 4 | Cancer 27° | Mercury | Nagas | Male Cat |
| Pluto | Magha | 4 | Leo 12° | Ketu | Pitris | Male Rat |
| North node | Uttara phalguni | 4 | Virgo 9° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Venus | Hasta | 3 | Virgo 16° | Moon | Savitar | Female Buffalo |
| Neptune | Swati | 3 | Libra 14° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| Mars | Vishakha | 3 | Libra 26° | Jupiter | Indra-Agni | Male Tiger |
| Sun | Anuradha | 1 | Scorpio 3° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Mercury | Anuradha | 4 | Scorpio 13° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Jupiter | Anuradha | 4 | Scorpio 15° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Saturn | Mula | 4 | Sagittarius 11° | Ketu | Nirrti | Male Dog |
| Chiron | Dhanishta | 2 | Capricorn 29° | Mars | Vasus | Female Lion |
| Ascendant | Shatabhisha | 1 | Aquarius 7° | Rahu | Varuna | Female Horse |
Maha Dasha timeline · 9
| Ruler | Span | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Jupiter | Nov 19, 1959 → Apr 16, 1975 | - |
| Saturn | Apr 16, 1975 → Apr 16, 1994 | - |
| Mercury | Apr 16, 1994 → Apr 16, 2011 | - |
| Ketu | Apr 16, 2011 → Apr 16, 2018 | - |
| Venus | Apr 16, 2018 → Apr 16, 2038 | Now |
| Sun | Apr 16, 2038 → Apr 16, 2044 | - |
| Moon | Apr 16, 2044 → Apr 16, 2054 | - |
| Mars | Apr 16, 2054 → Apr 16, 2061 | - |
| Rahu | Apr 16, 2061 → Apr 16, 2079 | - |
Antardashas within Venus
Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.
| Ruler | Span |
|---|---|
| Venus | Apr 16, 2018 → Aug 15, 2021 |
| Sun | Aug 15, 2021 → Aug 15, 2022 |
| Moon | Aug 15, 2022 → Apr 15, 2024 |
| Mars | Apr 15, 2024 → Jun 15, 2025 |
| Rahu | Jun 15, 2025 → Jun 15, 2028 |
| Jupiter | Jun 15, 2028 → Feb 14, 2031 |
| Saturn | Feb 14, 2031 → Apr 16, 2034 |
| Mercury | Apr 16, 2034 → Feb 13, 2037 |
| Ketu | Feb 13, 2037 → Apr 16, 2038 |
Ayanamsa: 23.2968 · Dasha system: Vimshottari · Ascendant nakshatra omitted: no trusted birth time
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 29 · White Dog · Electric
Mayan Tzolkin snapshot
Oc · Electric tone
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●Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 9: Broad Scope and Storytelling Resonance
Marks an expansive worldview dedicated to collective storytelling and a legacy built over decades of performance.
Numerology snapshot
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
Earth Pig: Grounded Tenacity and Warmth
Combines practical resilience with genuine hospitality, supporting steady dedication to long-running theatrical and television work.
Chinese Zodiac snapshot
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 己 | 亥 |
| Month | 乙 | 亥 |
| Day | 乙 | 丑 |
| Hour | 壬 | 午 |
Day master
乙 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Tarot Birth Cards
The Hermit
Tarot Birth Cards snapshot
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The reduction
| Card | Title | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● Personality & Soul | The Hermit | introspection, solitude, guidance, search | Withdrawal from the world to find an answer that only stillness can reveal. |
Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027
Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild
Arabic Parts
Lots, formulas & sensitive points
Arabic Parts snapshot
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Lots on the wheel
Lots · 8
The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.
The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.
Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.
Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.
Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.
Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.
Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.
Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.
Sabian Symbols
Degree-by-degree archetypal imagery
Sabian Symbols snapshot
Sun · Scorpio 26°39'
A military band marches noisily on through the city streets
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Feng Shui
Kua 1
Feng Shui snapshot
Favorable: Southeast, East, South, North
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
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Begin your journeyQuestions about Allison Janney's birth chart
What is Allison Janney's zodiac sign?
Allison Janney's Sun sign is Scorpio.
What is Allison Janney's moon and rising sign?
Allison Janney has a Cancer Moon and a Pisces rising.
When was Allison Janney born?
Allison Janney was born on Nov 19, 1959.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of AA: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Verified by a birth certificate or official record: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
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