Thom Yorke was born on 7 October 1968, so today is his birthday. He's best known as the singer and main songwriter of Radiohead (Wikipedia). He and Flea of Red Hot Chili Peppers have also played together in Atoms for Peace. XL Recordings' page for the album AMOK lists Atoms for Peace as "Thom Yorke (Radiohead) Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers) Nigel Godrich (Radiohead producer), Joey Waronker & Mauro Refosco" (XL Recordings). Flea was born on October 16, 1962, in Melbourne (Wikipedia).
Both are Libras. That's where most comparisons stop. A calculated one goes a little further, and the answer is less tidy than "two Libras".
How this was calculated
Both charts are date-only. Each profile stores a time, but Thom's is graded C, and Flea's, though graded A, hasn't been independently corroborated. So neither is used.
Each full birthday was sampled every hour plus 23:59 with Lunara's central Swiss Ephemeris engine, in local time: British time in 1968 and Melbourne time in 1962. These are sampled ranges, not a continuous proof. There are no houses and no Rising sign.
The Libra Suns: same sign, 7–9° apart
- Thom: Sun at about 13¾–14¾° Libra
- Flea: Sun at about 21¾–22¾° Libra
Using an 8° orb for a conjunction, the two Suns fall inside it for only part of the sampled range. The gap runs from about 7.0° to 9.0° depending on the hours. So "Sun conjunct Sun" can't be claimed across both whole days. They share a sign, not a reliably tight Sun contact.
What else holds all day
- Venus: both in Scorpio, but far apart. Thom's is at about 13–14°, Flea's at about 27°.
- Mars: different signs. Thom's is at about 9–10° Virgo, Flea's at about 2° Leo.
- Mercury: Flea's is at about 6½° Libra all day.
Astrologers read Mars as how drive shows up. A Virgo Mars is read as precise, methodical effort; a Leo Mars as warm, visible, wholehearted effort. That's a symbolic difference in style, not a description of how either man plays or works.
What changes on the day
Three placements cross a sign line on these birthdays, so they stay open without a verified clock:
- Thom's Moon: Aries until about 21:06 local time, then Taurus.
- Flea's Moon: Taurus until about 14:50 local time, then Gemini.
- Thom's Mercury: retrograde, moving from the first half-degree of Scorpio back into Libra at about 23:45 local time. For almost the whole day it's Scorpio, but strictly it's Scorpio or Libra.
The Moons could both be Taurus, or not at all. Without birth times, there's no honest way to say which.
The tightest contact isn't the Suns
Comparing every pairing of the two days, the closest contacts that hold throughout are between slower planets. Thom's Saturn, at about 23° Aries, opposes Flea's Sun within about 1°. Thom's Venus sits within about 1½° of Flea's Neptune in Scorpio. Those are more exact than anything the shared Sun sign offers. They're symbolic links between two charts, not an account of how the band worked.
What this means for your own chart
Two people with the same Sun sign can differ in nearly every other placement. So the useful question isn't "are we both Libras?" It's this:
- Which of your planets hold all day, and which change sign on your birthday?
- Where is your Mars, and does it work with your Sun or pull another way?
The free natal chart calculator answers both, even without a birth time. If you want your whole chart interpreted in writing, there's an optional paid personal birth chart reading. What's included and the price are shown before you buy.
Both profiles are here, each with its own clock notes: Thom Yorke's natal chart and Flea's natal chart.
Text written with AI assistance. The positions are calculated, not estimated.