LeBron James's Birth Moon

Widely considered the greatest basketball player of his generation and a global icon.

30 December 1984

First Quarter

52.7% illuminated

Basketball player

On 30 December 1984 the moon was 8 days in, at about the quarter point, showing 52.7% of its face. That month's full moon — traditionally called the Wolf Moon — arrived 8 days later, on 7 January 1985.

The sky on 30 December 1984

Geocentric positions in the tropical zodiac, computed for midday UTC.

☉SunCapricorn ♑

☽MoonAries ♈

☿MercurySagittarius ♐

♀VenusAquarius ♒

♂MarsPisces ♓

♃JupiterCapricorn ♑

♄SaturnScorpio ♏

♅UranusSagittarius ♐

♆NeptuneCapricorn ♑

Moon in Aries ♈

The moon was passing through Aries on 30 December 1984, while the sun sat in Capricorn — which is why LeBron James's star sign is Capricorn. The two rarely coincide: the sun takes a month to cross a sign and the moon takes about two and a half days.

Where the sun sign is read as the outward character, the moon sign is read as the emotional register underneath it — the part that reacts quickly and burns off feeling fast, preferring action to sitting with a mood.

Aspects that day

Aspects are the angles bodies form with each other. These were within orb on 30 December 1984:

Moon trine MercuryVenus square SaturnJupiter sextile Saturn

What a First Quarter birth moon means

The moon stands at the crossroads, half in shadow, half in light. A decision you have been circling is ready to be made. Choose, then act.

Traits of the First Quarter

First Quarter births are action-oriented, decisive, and unafraid of challenge. They have a natural ability to push through obstacles that would stop others. LeBron James exemplifies this energy — someone who acts when others wait, who meets resistance head-on and finds a way through.

How to read all this

Every figure on this page is calculated from LeBron James's date of birth — the phase, the illumination percentage, the positions and the aspects are astronomy, and they would be the same whoever was born that day. The character readings attached to them are symbolic tradition, not measurement, and are best treated as prompts for reflection rather than claims about a person.

Two things are deliberately missing. Without a birth time we cannot give a rising sign or house placements, since both change through the day — the ascendant shifts roughly every two hours. And without a birthplace there are no moonrise or moonset times, which depend on latitude. Anywhere you see those quoted for a public figure without a documented birth certificate time, treat them with caution.

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