Filmmaker
Peter Jackson
New Zealand director of The Lord of the Rings, made across seven years in his own country. Born in Pukerua Bay, north of Wellington.
Sir Peter Robert Jackson is a New Zealand filmmaker, entrepreneur and visual effects pioneer. He is best known as the director, screen-writer, and producer of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (2001 to 2003) and the Hobbit trilogy (2012 to 2014), both of which are adapted from the novels of the same name by J. R. R. Tolkien. Other notable films include the critically lauded drama Heavenly Creatures (1994), the horror comedy The Frighteners (1996), the epic monster remake film King Kong (2005), the World War I documentary film They Shall Not Grow Old (2018) and the documentary The Beatles: Get Back (2021). He is the fifth-highest-grossing film director of all-time, with his films having made over $6.5 billion worldwide.
- Born
- 1961-10-31, Pukerua Bay, New ZealandA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1961-10-31, Pukerua Bay, New Zealand · time unknown, noon chart
Pacific/Aucklandthe zone used then
Pacific/AucklandThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 7°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 3°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 22°21′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 15°58′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 20°07′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 29°30′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 24°08′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 29°56′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 10°54′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 9°39′ | Direct |
Peter Jackson is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Peter Jackson was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.