Jungkook birth chart: a disputed birth time

Birth data

Jungkook, full name Jeon Jung-kook, was born in Busan on September 1, 1997. He has mentioned his birth time himself, but in a way that leaves even morning or afternoon unclear. The chart is therefore cast for noon, and the reading rests on the Sun, the planets and the aspects between them.

What is known and what is not

All sources agree on the date and city: September 1, 1997, Busan, South Korea. We could not confirm the district, so the coordinates are those of central Busan.

The time is harder. Jungkook has a clock tattoo on his arm, and on a Weverse live stream, as Sportskeeda reports it, he said the clock shows the time he was born, "around 3... 3:25? 23?". He did not say whether that was morning or afternoon. From there the versions diverge:

• 3:23 with no a.m. or p.m.: how Chosun Ilbo describes the hands on the tattoo;
• 3:25 with no a.m. or p.m.: Harper's Bazaar Korea, February 7, 2023;
• 15:25: Astrotheme, rated A, citing a Stationhead stream where he reportedly confirmed an afternoon time;
• 15:23: a fan transcript of the same stream ("between 3:00 and 3:30, 3 in the afternoon") combined with 3:23 on the clock;
• 03:23: used by some fan charts, although he never said morning.

The afternoon versions rest on a single fan transcript of the stream; we found no independent publication of it. The night and afternoon versions give different Ascendants, Leo and Capricorn. When versions contradict each other and none has the upper hand, the Rodden rating is DD, and we do not take any of them as the main time.

The chart is cast for 12:00 Korea Standard Time (UTC+9). It has no houses, Ascendant or MC. The Moon's sign is unknown too: that day the Moon moved from Leo into Virgo, so without a time there is no telling which of the two signs it was in.

Sun and Mercury in Virgo

The Sun at 8°43′ Virgo is in a tight conjunction with Mercury at 7°40′ Virgo, orb 1°02′. Mercury is retrograde and in a sign it rules in the classical scheme. Tradition links Virgo with thoroughness, craft and steady refinement of a skill, and Mercury beside the Sun in this sign is read as an analytical mind that notices detail. The North Node is in the same sign, at 19°42′ Virgo.

Both planets sextile Mars at 11°13′ Scorpio: the Sun with an orb of 2°30′, Mercury with an orb of 3°33′. Tradition treats a sextile between an earth sign and a water sign as a soft angle that supplies energy for work without much resistance. The article on the sextile explains the principle.

Venus in Libra between Jupiter and Saturn

Venus at 17°10′ Libra is in its own sign and has two notable aspects. Venus opposes a retrograde Saturn at 19°35′ Aries with an orb of 2°25′, and Venus trines a retrograde Jupiter at 14°14′ Aquarius with an orb of 2°56′.

Classical astrology counts Venus in Libra as strong: taste, a sense of form, cooperation. Saturn in opposition traditionally adds exacting standards and discipline, while Jupiter in trine from an air sign softens that tension and widens it. In the classic reading a planet caught between two aspects of opposite character describes a constant balancing between restraint and generosity.

Mars in Scorpio

Mars in Scorpio, the second sign it rules in the classical scheme, squares Jupiter in Aquarius with an orb of 3°00′. Both signs are fixed, so this is a square within one modality, read as persistence that lacks limits: the urge to do more and for longer. Tradition associates Scorpio with concentration and the ability to sustain an effort.

Events often compared with the chart

• June 12, 2013: BTS release their debut single album, 2 Cool 4 Skool.
• November 20, 2022: Jungkook performs Dreamers at the opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
• July 14, 2023: his solo single Seven comes out and debuts at number one on the Billboard Hot 100.
• December 12, 2023: Jungkook begins military service; discharged June 11, 2025.

These dates are given as starting points for your own work with transits. We do not make predictions about the health, relationships or future of living people.

Planet positions

Calculation: Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03.

Aspects

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