Tom Brady

In the 2000 NFL draft, Tom Brady was the 199th player chosen, a sixth-round pick whose scouting reports criticized his slow feet and thin build. A photograph of him at the draft combine, shirtless and unimpressive, became famous later as a reminder of how wrong the experts had been. Brady went on to win seven Super Bowls, more than any team in NFL history at the time he retired, and is widely considered the greatest quarterback of all time.

He was born on August 3, 1977, in San Mateo, California, at 11:48 a.m., according to the birth record. Leo holds his Sun, joined by Saturn, both in the tenth house, where achievement and public standing are read. Leo belongs to leaders and stars, and the Sun in the tenth describes someone destined for public achievement. Saturn beside it adds discipline, patience and endurance, success that is earned slowly and kept for a long time. Brady played professional football for twenty-three seasons, into his mid-forties, an extraordinary feat of longevity in such a violent sport.

His Moon is in Aries, placed in the sixth house of health and daily routine. An Aries Moon is competitive and driven, and placed there it finds emotional security in strict daily discipline. Brady became famous for his exacting diet and training regimen, which he turned into a business, TB12, and which many credit for his ability to keep playing so long.

His Ascendant is in Libra, lending poise, charm and composure. Brady was known for staying calm under pressure, and Uranus in Scorpio, in the first house, adds an intense competitive streak beneath the composure.

Mercury in Virgo, in his eleventh house, describes an analytical mind devoted to detail. Brady was famous for studying game film obsessively and for his precise mastery of the offense.

He played college football at the University of Michigan, where he spent years fighting for the starting job. With the New England Patriots he won six Super Bowls, including the 2017 game in which New England came back from a 28–3 deficit against the Atlanta Falcons, the biggest comeback in Super Bowl history. He served a four-game suspension in 2016 over the "Deflategate" controversy about underinflated footballs. After joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2020, he won a seventh title in his first season there.

Venus in Cancer and Jupiter in Gemini lie in his ninth house, and Mars in Gemini falls in his eighth. He married the model Gisele Bündchen in 2009, and they divorced in 2022; he has three children.

Brady retired in 2023 and became the lead football analyst for Fox Sports. In 2024 he became a minority owner of the Las Vegas Raiders and was the subject of a widely watched Netflix roast. The Leo Sun gave him the will to lead; the Saturn beside it gave him the patience to do it for more than two decades.