Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis: 14 Years, Never Married, Read in Their Charts
Fourteen years, two children, and never married. Then, in June 2012, a short statement. Scroll: one slow planet stood still on both charts that same month.
Her birth chart ID
Vanessa Paradis
22 December 19725:10 amSaint-Maur-des-Fossés
- ☉︎Sun Capricorn
- ACRising Scorpio
- ☽︎Moon Cancer
Her birth chart ID
Johnny Depp
9 June 19638:44 amOwensboro, Kentucky
- ☉︎Sun Gemini
- ACRising Leo
- ☽︎Moon Capricorn
Their story in 5 dates
Scroll down, the years slide by.
1998
They meet in Paris, while he shoots The Ninth Gate.
27 May 1999
Lily-Rose is born.
9 April 2002
Jack is born.
Fourteen years
Together, never married.
19 June 2012
His publicist announces that they have separated amicably.
Their two charts, one on the other
Why it lasted: his planets on her chart.
Step 1
Vanessa has Scorpio rising, at 18°. The top of her chart, her Midheaven (career, public life), sits at 4° Virgo.
Johnny's Mars, at 3° Virgo, lands 0.7° from her Midheaven. His energy lands on her public life.
His Moon, at 13° Capricorn, sits on her Jupiter at 15°. Warmth and protection: the classic contact of a happy home.
His Venus, at 26° Taurus, falls in her 7th house of partners, right opposite her Mars on her rising sign. Textbook attraction.
Her real chart
Never married: her ruler of marriage sits with Neptune.
Step 1
Her 7th house, the house of marriage, is Taurus. It is empty.
Taurus is ruled by Venus, at 4° Sagittarius, right next to Neptune at 6°. Love as a dream, a song, an ideal. No papers needed.
And Johnny's Sun, at 18° Gemini, sits 2° from her Saturn. Commitment and loyalty: the glue of long relationships.
The sky around his chart
1998: they meet as Neptune crosses his door of partners.
Step 1
Leo rising at 0°, so his Descendant is at 0° Aquarius. In 1998, Neptune crosses it three times. Uranus is crossing his whole 7th house.
27 May 1999, Lily-Rose is born: Uranus, still in his 7th house, makes a trine to his Sun, 1.2° away.
The sky around his chart
June 2012: Neptune stands still opposite his Mars.
Step 1
6 June 2012: Neptune stands still at 3°09' Pisces. His Mars is at 3°12' Virgo. Exactly opposite, 0.1° apart.
And by secondary progression, his Mars has just left Virgo for Libra, the sign of partnership. He also starts a 2nd house year, Virgo, on 9 June.
The sky around her chart
The same week, the same Neptune, on her home point.
Step 1
His Mars sits on her Midheaven, so the Neptune that faces his Mars sits on her IC, at 3°54' Pisces: home, family, roots. 0.8° apart.
She is 39: a 4th house year, the house of home and family. Thirteen days after Neptune stands still, the separation is announced.
June 2012
13 days
On 6 June 2012, Neptune stands still exactly opposite his Mars, on her home point. Thirteen days later, the separation is announced.
Four layers, one June
2011 to 2013: watch the clocks meet.
Neptune
Opposite his Mars, on her IC; stands still 6 Jun 2012
Johnny, profection
Age 49: 2nd house, Virgo, the sign of his Mars
Vanessa, profection
Age 39: 4th house, home and family
Progressed Mars
Leaves Virgo for Libra, the sign of partnership
19 June 2012 Where all four meet: June 2012. Neptune stands still on 6 June, he turns 49 on 9 June, and the separation is announced on 19 June.
Some love stories do not need papers to last.
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- 2
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- 3
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Questions people ask
Were Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis married?
No. They were together for 14 years, from 1998 to 2012, and had two children, Lily-Rose (born 27 May 1999) and Jack (born 9 April 2002), but they never married.
When did Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis split?
Their separation was announced on 19 June 2012 by his publicist, who said they had separated amicably.
Why did Johnny Depp and Vanessa Paradis split, in astrology?
In June 2012 Neptune stood still at 3° Pisces, exactly opposite his Mars and on her IC, the point of home and family. Because his Mars sits on her Midheaven, the same transit touched both charts in the same week. He had just started a 2nd house year, the sign of his Mars, and she was in a 4th house year of home and family.
What is Vanessa Paradis's rising sign?
Scorpio, at 18°. She was born on 22 December 1972 at 5:10 am in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, near Paris, a time from her birth record. An older source said 5:20 am, which still gives Scorpio rising.
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Photos, Wikimedia Commons: Johnny Depp (Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 3.0); Vanessa Paradis (Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0); Jennifer Aniston (Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0); Brad Pitt (Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0); Amber Heard (Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0); Bill Gates (Bogdan Hoyaux / European Union, 2025, CC BY 4.0); Melinda French Gates (Chris Kleponis / European Union, 2024, CC BY 4.0); Angelina Jolie (Harald Krichel, CC BY-SA 4.0)