No birth time on record, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.
Note on this rating: Date confirmed independently via Wikidata (P569, precision to the day) and English Wikipedia; birthplace recorded as Forest Hills, Queens, New York. No reliable birth time is on public record, so none is asserted here.
This page compares the nine bodies a birth date alone can place, Sun through Pluto, and lists the Chiron and lunar node contacts alongside them. The Moon is drawn as the span it could have moved through and is scored in nothing here; the ascendant axis and the house ring are left out by design, not by omission, so nothing on this page is scored against a birth time it cannot trust.
The overlap
Where the two charts touch
Paul Simon’s Jupiter and Art Garfunkel’s North node are 0.10 degrees from an exact square.
Art Garfunkel’s birth time is not exact, so the Moon is not scored and the ascendant axis and house ring are not drawn for either chart. Sun through Pluto move at most about two degrees in a day, so every contact below is the same whatever the time.
Sun through Pluto, one chart on each axis
Paul Simon ↓ × Art Garfunkel →
| Planet | Sun | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune | Pluto |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sun Conjunction Mercury | Sun Trine Jupiter | |||||||
| Mercury | Mercury Conjunction Sun | Mercury Quincunx Mars | |||||||
| Venus | Venus Opposition Saturn | Venus Opposition Uranus | Venus Sextile Neptune | Venus Trine Pluto | |||||
| Mars | Mars Conjunction Mars | ||||||||
| Jupiter | Jupiter Trine Mercury | Jupiter Opposition Venus | Jupiter Conjunction Jupiter | ||||||
| Saturn | Saturn Quincunx Mercury | Saturn Quincunx Venus | Saturn Conjunction Saturn | Saturn Conjunction Uranus | Saturn Trine Neptune | ||||
| Uranus | Uranus Quincunx Venus | Uranus Conjunction Saturn | Uranus Conjunction Uranus | Uranus Trine Neptune | |||||
| Neptune | Neptune Square Venus | Neptune Trine Saturn | Neptune Trine Uranus | Neptune Conjunction Neptune | |||||
| Pluto | Pluto Trine Mars | Pluto Conjunction Pluto |
27 of the 39 contacts fall between Sun and Pluto, and all 27 are in the grid. A boxed cell is within one degree. The other 12 contacts involve Chiron and the lunar nodes and are listed below, 3 of them in the tight layer.
A cell is a plain glyph. The aspect it names is a Codex Link in the sentences above.
Paul Simon inner ring, Art Garfunkel outer ring, with the contacts inside one degree drawn. 10 of them are between Sun and Pluto; the rest involve bodies that are not on either ring.
All 39 contacts, in four layers
Within one degree
13 of 39The contacts closest to exact, whichever bodies they involve. 3 of these are Chiron or lunar node contacts, so they are named here and are not in the grid above. Tightest first, which is the only order that holds for every pair.
- Paul Simon's Jupiter square (mutual) Art Garfunkel's North node
- Paul Simon's Pluto conjunction Art Garfunkel's Pluto
- Paul Simon's Chiron square Art Garfunkel's Sun
- Paul Simon's Mercury quincunx Art Garfunkel's Mars
- Paul Simon's Neptune square Art Garfunkel's Venus
- Paul Simon's Neptune trine (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Uranus
- Paul Simon's Uranus trine (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Neptune
- Paul Simon's Sun trine Art Garfunkel's Jupiter
- Paul Simon's Neptune conjunction Art Garfunkel's Neptune
- Paul Simon's Mercury conjunction (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Sun
- Paul Simon's Uranus conjunction Art Garfunkel's Uranus
- Paul Simon's Uranus quincunx Art Garfunkel's Venus
- Paul Simon's North node conjunction Art Garfunkel's North node
Personal planets
11 of 39A personal planet on either side. These are the contacts that describe these two people rather than their birth years.
- Paul Simon's Sun conjunction (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Mercury
- Paul Simon's Saturn quincunx Art Garfunkel's Mercury
- Paul Simon's Saturn quincunx Art Garfunkel's Venus
- Paul Simon's Venus trine Art Garfunkel's Pluto
- Paul Simon's Venus sextile Art Garfunkel's Neptune
- Paul Simon's Venus opposition Art Garfunkel's Uranus
- Paul Simon's Mars conjunction Art Garfunkel's Mars
- Paul Simon's Jupiter trine Art Garfunkel's Mercury
- Paul Simon's Pluto trine Art Garfunkel's Mars
- Paul Simon's Venus opposition Art Garfunkel's Saturn
- Paul Simon's Jupiter opposition Art Garfunkel's Venus
Shared generation
6 of 39Jupiter through Pluto on both sides. Born 0 months apart, these two have their outer planets in nearly the same degrees, so anyone born near them shares most of this group. Listed because it is real, kept apart because it says little about the pair.
- Paul Simon's Jupiter conjunction Art Garfunkel's Jupiter
- Paul Simon's Saturn conjunction (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Uranus
- Paul Simon's Uranus conjunction (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Saturn
- Paul Simon's Saturn trine (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Neptune
- Paul Simon's Neptune trine (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Saturn
- Paul Simon's Saturn conjunction Art Garfunkel's Saturn
Chiron and the lunar nodes
9 of 39A birth date places these too, and they are not drawn in the grid above. The 3 inside one degree are in the tight layer; these 9 are the rest.
- Paul Simon's North node square (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Jupiter
- Paul Simon's Chiron conjunction Art Garfunkel's Chiron
- Paul Simon's Chiron trine (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Mars
- Paul Simon's Mars trine (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Chiron
- Paul Simon's Mercury square Art Garfunkel's Chiron
- Paul Simon's North node trine Art Garfunkel's Saturn
- Paul Simon's North node conjunction (mutual) Art Garfunkel's Neptune
- Paul Simon's Neptune conjunction (mutual) Art Garfunkel's North node
- Paul Simon's Chiron conjunction Art Garfunkel's Pluto
Trines and sextiles are soft, squares, oppositions and quincunxes hard. A conjunction depends on which two bodies meet, so it carries no tone here.
Why they click
Simon's Mercury sits on Garfunkel's Sun at seven tenths of a degree, near enough to exact, and it scores nothing. Sun to Mercury is not one of the five pairings the engine tracks, so the tightest contact between these two charts is visible on the page and absent from every category.
Why they clash
Friction is the only category with anything behind it, at 77, on the two Marses meeting within five degrees. Identity, communication, attraction and values all return 30, the figure the engine gives when the two planets in question make no angle at all. Four aspects between the charts, and a reading built on one of them.
What each system says
Twelve systems, two people
This is what comparing two charts system by system looks like: the same birth data on both sides, read against each other one system at a time.
The Suns are 23.1° apart, outside orb of any aspect, which is why identity reads as an empty channel above.
A second tradition
Guna Milan (Ashtakoot)
Guna Milan is the compatibility method used in Vedic matchmaking, traditionally consulted before an arranged marriage. It scores eight factors between two Moon placements on a 36-point scale, shown here as what this one tradition reads: not a verdict, and not averaged with the Western reading above, which may disagree.
Shared history
Shared life events
The Sound of Silence reaches number one
An overdubbed remix released without the duo's knowledge tops the Billboard Hot 100 and pulls them back together after they had already split.Source (opens in new tab)
9 passages · 2 charts
Transit detailCollapse
Aug 21, 1965 – May 14, 1966 · 266 days
Paul Simon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron trine Moonslow
- Saturn trine Mercuryslow
- Neptune trine Midheavenslow
- Uranus sextile Moonslow
- Pluto sextile Moonslow
- Uranus sextile Midheavenslow
- North Node opposition Venusfast
Editorial note · Saturn trine Mercury
Saturn trine fifth-house Mercury formed seven days before the song hit number one, anchoring their creative voice with lasting authority.
Art Garfunkel
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Jupiter trine Mercuryfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Art Garfunkel, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Saturn trine Sun
Saturn formed an exact trine to the Sun 3 days after the milestone, anchoring the chart in a rare power window of lasting professional authority.
Bridge over Troubled Water is released
Their final studio album together, and the one that ended the partnership.Source (opens in new tab)
6 passages · 2 charts
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Dec 21, 1969 – Mar 3, 1970 · 72 days
Paul Simon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron trine Venusslow
- Neptune conjunction Venusslow
- North Node trine Mercuryfast
Art Garfunkel
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Uranus opposition Marsslow
- North Node trine Sunfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Art Garfunkel, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Pluto square Venus
Pluto squared Venus 27 days before the release, framing the album's emotional depth and the intense creative strains between Simon and Garfunkel.
The Concert in Central Park
A free reunion concert played to roughly half a million people in New York.Source (opens in new tab)
5 passages · 2 charts
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Jul 2 – Dec 7, 1981 · 158 days
Paul Simon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Pluto square Midheavenslow
- Jupiter opposition Marsfast
- Jupiter conjunction Ascendantfast
Editorial note · Pluto square Midheaven
Pluto squared the first-house Midheaven 79 days before the show, marking a power window that reshaped public standing ahead of the historic concert.
Art Garfunkel
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto contacts only
- Saturn opposition Marsslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Art Garfunkel, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Editorial note · Saturn opposition Mars
Arriving four days after the historic concert, Saturn opposition Mars reflected the grueling physical toll and underlying creative friction of the reunion.
Frequently asked
Are Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel astrologically compatible?
Their charts make 39 cross-aspects, the tightest at 0.1° and 2.09°. 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 Simon and Art Garfunkel 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 Simon and Art Garfunkel have 15 conjunction contacts between them, more than any other type.
Tight contact, mixed valence
Run the full synastry
This page compares Sun through Pluto, the bodies a birth date alone can place. The synastry calculator runs all ten bodies against each other.