Eric Clapton
Ripley, England, UK
Mar 30, 1945
Mar 30, 1945
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Sun
Aries
9°
Moon
Libra*
28°
Mercury
Aries
26°
Venus
Taurus
3°
Mars
Pisces
4°
Jupiter
Virgo
20°
Saturn
Cancer
4°
Uranus
Gemini
9°
Neptune
Libra
4°
Pluto
Leo
8°
N. Node
Cancer
14°
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Eric Clapton is a guitarist, singer and songwriter whose pioneering blues‑rock techniques and emotive playing shaped modern rock. Notable albums include Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs, 461 Ocean Boulevard, Slowhand and Unplugged. A multiple‑Grammy winner and three‑time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Clapton’s achievements and influence have inspired generations of musicians.
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Your Core Signs shape your core self, while the Inner and Outer Planets shape your personal traits and collective influences.
Sun in Aries
Degree: 9°
Eric Clapton brings a fiery, go-getter energy to everything he does. A natural leader, he charges ahead with confidence and draws people in with his enthusiasm. Patience isn't his strong suit — he thrives on competition and quick results, and frustration flares when he feels overlooked.
Moon in Libra*
Degree: 28°
Eric Clapton’s emotional world revolves around his relationships — friendships and romance carry real weight for him. He enjoys sensual pleasures and loves being the one to connect people, though codependency can be a blind spot since he rarely likes doing things alone. He’d rather win people over with charm and diplomacy than be bluntly straightforward.
Aspects describe the angles between planets in your chart, highlighting where there is harmony or tension in your life. The orb degree determines how strongly an aspect will affect you, with smaller orbs indicating a stronger influence.
Mars Trine Saturn
Orb: 0.3°
Eric Clapton has an effortless ability to combine ambition with discipline. His energy is steady and productive, and he instinctively knows how to build things that last. He doesn't burn out easily because he understands the value of pacing himself and playing the long game.
Sun Sextile Uranus
Orb: 0.5°
Eric Clapton has an inventive streak that keeps life interesting. He's open to unconventional ideas and approaches without being reckless about it — there's a creative spark in him that knows how to innovate within structure.
Venus Sextile Mars
Orb: 1.1°
Eric Clapton has a natural ease when it comes to balancing desire with affection. Flirting, creating, and connecting with others feels effortless for him, and he tends to know how to go after what he wants in love without being pushy about it.
Venus Sextile Saturn
Orb: 1.3°
Eric Clapton has a grounded, mature approach to love and beauty that serves him well over time. He understands that the best things are worth working for, and his relationships tend to get stronger the longer they last because he invests in them thoughtfully.
Sun Trine Pluto
Orb: 1.4°
Eric Clapton has a quiet but undeniable personal power. Transformation and self-renewal come naturally to him — he instinctively knows how to let go of what no longer serves him and emerge stronger, and people sense that depth in him right away.
Moon Trine Mars
Orb: 6°
Eric Clapton has a healthy, instinctive way of acting on his emotions. When something matters to him, he moves toward it with both feeling and courage — there's an emotional bravery in him that makes him willing to fight for what he loves without hesitation.
Mercury Conjunction Venus
Orb: 6.1°
Eric Clapton's mind is naturally drawn to beauty, harmony, and the art of connection. He has a gift for saying things in a way that's both thoughtful and pleasing, and his communication style tends to be graceful, diplomatic, and genuinely charming.
Moon Trine Saturn
Orb: 6.3°
Eric Clapton has a quiet emotional strength that runs deep. He handles his feelings with maturity and steadiness, and there's a reliability to his emotional nature that makes him someone people trust completely — he doesn't promise what he can't deliver emotionally.
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Moon Opposition Mercury
Orb: 1.2°
Eric Clapton can sometimes feel torn between logic and feeling, with his rational mind pulling him one way and his emotions pulling him another. Others often help him see where he's overthinking or under-feeling, and through these reflections he develops an exceptional ability to balance both.
Sun Opposition Neptune
Orb: 4.4°
Eric Clapton may sometimes feel like he loses himself in others or in idealized visions of how life should be. There's a tension between grounding in reality and dissolving into dreams — but this polarity gives him a unique ability to bridge the practical and the transcendent.
Sun Square North Node
Orb: 4.7°
There's a productive tension between who Eric Clapton is and who he's becoming. Expressing his identity fully sometimes feels at odds with his growth, but that friction is what pushes him to evolve. The struggle to reconcile ego and purpose is what makes him stronger.
Venus Square Pluto
Orb: 4.9°
Eric Clapton experiences love with an almost volcanic intensity, and power dynamics can be a recurring theme in his relationships. Jealousy or control may surface, but these patterns are invitations to transform how he relates to intimacy — and when he does, his capacity for deep love is unmatched.
Sun Square Saturn
Orb: 5°
Eric Clapton has had to earn everything the hard way, and it shows. There's an ongoing tension between wanting to shine and feeling held back by doubt or responsibility — but this struggle builds real character, and he tends to come into his power later in life with incredible strength.
Moon Opposition Venus
Orb: 5°
What Eric Clapton needs emotionally and what he desires in love can feel like two different things. Relationships teach him a lot about this divide — he may be drawn to people who highlight the gap between comfort and attraction, and through that process, he learns what truly nourishes him.
Mars Square Uranus
Orb: 5.8°
Eric Clapton has a rebellious streak and an impatience with anything that feels restrictive. His energy can be erratic — brilliant bursts followed by restless dissatisfaction. Learning to direct his need for freedom into purposeful action is what turns this tension into genius.
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The zodiac signs are categorized into two categories: Elements and Modalities. The higher the percentage you have of each, the more you embody that trait.
Fire (33%)
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earth (19%)
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Air (30%)
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Water (19%)
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Cardinal (56%)
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed (19%)
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Mutable (26%)
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
