Mars sextile Mars at a fifth of a degree
One near-exact link
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
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.
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.
Guna Milan needs an exact birth time for both people. The Moon changes nakshatra roughly once a day, so an estimated time can place the whole reading in the wrong one, and at least one birth time here isn't exact.
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 ↗
5 passages · 2 charts
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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
Editorial note · Jupiter opposition Sun
Three days after the arrival, Jupiter opposed the Sun in the twelfth house, reflecting a massive surge of public adoration that began transforming their private lives.
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
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.
Editorial note · Saturn trine Sun
Fourteen days after the arrival, Saturn trine Sun cemented this massive breakthrough into enduring cultural authority.
The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show
US TV debut watched by ~73 million; the start of American Beatlemania.Source ↗
5 passages · 2 charts
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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
Editorial note · Jupiter opposition Sun
Arriving 1 day after the historic broadcast, Jupiter opposing the twelfth-house Sun highlighted a massive surge in global visibility and outsized public recognition.
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Saturn trine Sunslow
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
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.
Editorial note · Saturn trine Sun
Saturn trined the Sun 12 days after the broadcast, crystallizing the breakthrough into enduring professional authority.
Order of the British Empire 1965
3 passages · 1 chart
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Feb 10 – Oct 12, 1965 · 244 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
Nothing was within orb for John Lennon on this date.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
- Saturn square Mercuryslow
- Saturn sextile Venusslow
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.
Editorial note · Saturn square Mercury
Saturn squared Mercury 16 days after the award, grounding the public honor in serious scrutiny during a weighty power window.
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band released
Released in the UK; widely regarded as their creative peak.Source ↗
9 passages · 2 charts
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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
Editorial note · North Node opposition Mercury
Occurring 81 days before the album release, the North Node opposed Mercury in the first house, marking a time to realign artistic identity and creative communication ahead of the debut.
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
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.
Editorial note · Uranus square Mercury
Three days after the release, Uranus square Mercury peaked in a potent power window, reflecting an electric surge of avant-garde ideas and sonic experimentation around the album.
The Beatles break up
Paul McCartney announces his departure, effectively ending the band.Source ↗
11 passages · 2 charts
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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
Editorial note · Neptune square Venus
Neptune squared eighth-house Venus 38 days before the breakup, dissolving the band's shared financial and creative bonds during an intense power window.
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Jupiter square Marsfast
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.
Editorial note · Pluto square Sun
Arriving 138 days after the split, Pluto square Sun marked a grueling power window that finalized the permanent destruction of the group's shared identity.
43rd Academy Awards (Nominations Announced)
8 passages · 2 charts
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Nov 10, 1970 – Jun 8, 1971 · 210 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune sextile Marsslow
- Chiron square Midheavenslow
- Neptune sextile Moonslow
- Jupiter sextile Moonfast
- Jupiter square Venusfast
Editorial note · Neptune sextile Moon
Neptune formed a power window sextile to Moon in the eighth house 11 days after the Oscar nod, deepening the emotional resonance of the honor.
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Saturn conjunction Venusslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
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.
Editorial note · Pluto square Sun
Pluto squared the Sun 105 days after the nominations, signaling a high-stakes power window that transformed personal status and industry visibility in the wake of the announcement.
43rd Academy Awards
7 passages · 2 charts
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Jan 18 – Jul 11, 1971 · 174 days
John Lennon
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Neptune sextile Marsslow
- Neptune sextile Moonslow
- North Node sextile Ascendantfast
- Jupiter square Venusfast
Editorial note · Neptune sextile Moon
Forty days before the ceremony, Neptune sextile the eighth-house Moon opened an emotional power window that set an inspired, receptive mood for the upcoming honors.
Paul McCartney
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune trine Marsslow
- Pluto square Sunslow
- North Node square Venusfast
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.
Editorial note · Pluto square Sun
Pluto squared the Sun 54 days after the ceremony, marking a high-stakes window of intense public reckoning and identity transformation following the award.
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.