Lewis Hamilton birth chart with two conflicting times

Birth data

Lewis Hamilton was born on January 7, 1985, in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. The date and town are certain, but the time exists only in two versions with no primary source. The chart is therefore cast for noon. Its most visible features are the Sun with Jupiter in Capricorn and Venus in Pisces sitting almost exactly on the star Fomalhaut.

What is known and what is not

All sources agree on the date and place: the official driver page on the Formula 1 website, the Library of Congress name authority record, which cites a biography of Hamilton, and Wikidata give January 7, 1985, Stevenage. We could not confirm the hospital, so the coordinates are those of the town centre.

We found no statement of the time from Hamilton himself or his father Anthony. There are two versions:

• 03:30: a time from collector Paddy de Jabrun. Both Astro-Databank and Astrotheme quote it, but from the same collector, so these are not two independent confirmations. No primary source, document or family statement, is named, and both databases rate it DD. Scorpio Ascendant;
• 10:15: a rectification that Astro-Databank lists as the alternative without naming its author. Pisces Ascendant.

Astro-Databank itself notes "conflicting times". By our rules one time of unknown origin plus a rectification gives a Rodden rating of C. The two put the Ascendant in different signs, so we use neither as the main time.

The chart is cast for 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (UTC+0); in January 1985 England was on winter time. There are no houses, Ascendant or MC (more on charts without a birth time). The Moon's degree is left out, but its sign is certain: the Moon was in Cancer for the whole day.

A stellium in Capricorn and a full Moon

The Sun at 17°08′ Capricorn, Jupiter at 22°58′ Capricorn and Neptune at 1°43′ Capricorn form a stellium. The Sun and Jupiter are conjunct with a wide orb of 5°49′. Tradition links Capricorn with endurance, methodical work and results that build up over years. Classical astrology counts Jupiter in its fall in Capricorn: success comes not easily but through discipline and structure.

That day the Moon was moving through Cancer, opposite the Capricorn Sun, and during the day it passed the point opposite the Sun, so the full Moon fell on the birthday itself. Without a time the exact orb of this opposition cannot be given. Tradition reads an opposition of the lights as tension between two needs: Capricorn's drive to achieve and Cancer's need for home and close people.

Venus in Pisces on Fomalhaut

Venus at 3°34′ Pisces is within 0°04′ of Fomalhaut, one of the four royal stars. In the classical scheme Venus is exalted in Pisces. Ptolemy gave Fomalhaut the nature of Venus and Mercury, and tradition links the star with imagination and artistic gifts, so here it falls on a planet of a related nature.

Venus also makes several close aspects. The tightest aspect in the chart is Venus square Chiron at 3°53′ Gemini, orb 0°19′. Venus trines Pluto at 4°29′ Scorpio with an orb of 0°55′ and sextiles Neptune with an orb of 1°50′. In the traditional reading the trine and sextile give Venus depth and receptivity, while the square to Chiron adds a theme of vulnerability. Mars at 10°06′ Pisces sits in the same sign, so water in this chart is not carried by the Moon alone.

Saturn on the nodal axis

Saturn at 25°19′ Scorpio is in opposition to the North Node at 26°19′ Taurus with an orb of 0°59′, which places it almost exactly on the South Node. Jupiter sextiles Saturn with an orb of 2°21′ and trines the North Node with an orb of 3°20′.

Modern astrology reads Saturn on the nodal axis as a theme of responsibility and trials that arrives early and is carried through life. The North Node in Taurus points toward stability and one's own resources, and Jupiter, linked to both ends of the axis by soft aspects, helps in the classic reading to hold that tension.

Events often compared with the chart

• March 18, 2007: third place on his Formula 1 debut at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne.
• June 10, 2007: first Grand Prix win, from his first pole, in Canada.
• November 2, 2008: first world title, by one point, after finishing fifth in Brazil.
• November 23, 2014: wins in Abu Dhabi and takes his second title, the first with Mercedes.
• November 15, 2020: wins in Turkey and takes a seventh title, equalling Michael Schumacher's record.
• July 7, 2024: a record ninth win at the British Grand Prix at Silverstone.
• March 22, 2025: first win for Ferrari, in the sprint race in China.

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

Planet positions

Calculation: Swiss Ephemeris core-2026.11.07.

Aspects

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Aspect patterns and fixed stars

Patterns are found from the aspects in the table above, stars by a conjunction within 1°.

• Stellium: Sun, Jupiter and Neptune in Capricorn
• Fomalhaut: Venus, orb 0°04′

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