It is said that the constellations, the alignment of stars into patterns, have the power to affect and shape people's destinies. That power stems from the ZodiaCrystals, crystal balls that each contain the power of a specific constellation. It was learned that if the crystals were all collected in the same place, they would allow one person to actually control the future. To prevent that from happening, the ZodiaCrystals were scattered across time and space by a group of wizards known as the Pleiadian Starmages. Eons later, an army of alien warlords called the Dreadnauts have begun to collect the ZodiaCrystals.
When it comes to judging your favorite characters, isn’t it time we went back to the metrics that mattered? You know, the stars? Let's delve into the astrological signs of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and their associated characters.
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Their Zodiac Signs
Assigning star signs to characters can be a fun way to explore their personalities and motivations. Here's a breakdown of the main characters from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and their corresponding zodiac signs:
Jason Lee Scott - Taurus
Jason is a nice young man. He loves his friends, mentors team nerd Billy, and is… nice. He does love martial arts, but, then again, everybody Jason knows loves martial arts, so that’s not really an identifying feature. He strikes me like a guy you meet in college who turns out to be an Eagle Scout and, like, an involved Eagle Scout.
So far, we’ve only discussed Tauruses who are, to use the parlance of the series, radical, but sometimes, Tauruses can be boring. And that boring Taurus is Jason.
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Zack Taylor - Sagittarius
Now Zack, Zack I like. He’s got spunk! He’s got verve! He’s actually confident in himself, like the secure kind of confidence your therapist tells you should work on.
I also appreciate that he has, like, actual fears, and works to conquer them. We feel like he's a Sagittarius because he's just randomly great at random stuff like breakdancing. He's chill about things but not like… Taurus chill, where you're so chill you spent the whole weekend in bed ordering pizzas. Sagittarius chill, where they're chill but also they might just take off at any moment.
Trini Kwan - Pisces
We return now to our Pisces of Genre segment in which Trini is included due to her low-key hippie vibes. According to the interactive Mighty Morphin Power Rangers CD-ROM (this is what we had to use back in the day, kids! Trivia frisbees!), Trini’s favorite superhero is Wonder Woman.
Besides that, her Zord is extra amazing, although a true Pisces would have bedazzled it day one. Again, that's basically all we know about Trini, except she is into environmental activism and is later canonically queer therefore my favorite Power Ranger.
Kimberly Hart - Libra
Kimberly is such the quintessential nineties TV girl. Like, she’s brunette, athletic, bangs, great smile. I just look at her and I’m like, “I’m pretty sure my brother dated her in high school,” you know?
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She’s kind of the bummer of the show because she just gets saved by Tommy all of the time, kind of like how Libras want everyone to save them from awkward social situations and making decisions. According to the CD-ROM, Kimberly’s birthday is Valentine’s Day. This is both clearly wrong and clearly something a Libra would do. A Libra would lie to themselves, their parents, and the government about their birthday.
A Libra would 1000% say their birthday was Valentine's Day as a flirt and then when you ask them about it be like “omg why are you being so unfair to me?” and cry until you apologized to them for daring to believe they were an Aquarius.
Billy Cranston - Cancer
I think part of this comes from the fact that Billy is a Hollywood Nerd during one of the last times in our pop cultural imagination when nerd was a pejorative, so some part of my lizard brain is like “YOU’RE NOT EVEN A REAL WEIRDO, BILLIAM! YOU’RE JUST A JOCK IN NERD DRAG!”
You are Jason with a book. Why does he dress like a child? Is it fashion or arrested development? He’s MILHOUSE. I DON’T LIKE THAT. I feel like he's fine but also I would absolutely refuse to hang out with him outside of the Power Rangers. Like, that's cool, you have a book and you like to be sad about your life. You do that on your own time though. I will say this, Billy did learn a lot through his boring friendship with Jason, so I have to give him some credit.
Tommy Oliver - Leo
So often, when Power Rangers is brought up, it is said that Tommy is the best Ranger, and you know what? We are here too, for all of time, confirm this. Tommy is the greatest Power Ranger of all time, and for that, we recognize him as the One Good Male Leo.
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Yet Jason is genuine in a way that Tommy never can be. Tommy is the Tuxedo Mask of Power Rangers. My favorite factoid about Tommy is that the reason he was always off doing karate or punchin’ Putties was that his counterpart in Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger was stuck in a cave to preserve his delicate life force and only showed up when he needed to clean house for the others. Typical Leo excuse.
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Zordon - Capricorn
Question: Does Zordon have a personality? I spent some time in the ancient archives, A.K.A. several Power Rangers wiki sites, and… he’s… just this giant head in a jar. He’s just a wizard.
When he's dying he guilt trips the Rangers so hard to save him and truly it is Capricornian perfection.
Alpha 5 - Virgo
Not trying to be rude to the Virgos in my life but if Alpha 5 were my robot I would program him not to be yelling all of the time. In direct opposition to Zordon, Alpha 5 has this entire wild backstory! He was built by a king and raised as his most beloved son! And then Zordon rolled up and was like “hey, do you need a job?” and Alpha 5 was like “sure?” and then all this garbage went down. Basically, he’s like a TA who got kidnapped. Poor little dude, no wonder he yells all the time.
The level of stress that comes from mentoring teenagers is extreme. But before we get too lovey on this weirdo, we do have to point out that he hates punks. He makes an anti-punk potion! That’s drastic!
Rita Repulsa - Leo
As a shrieking, cackling weirdo, I love Rita Repulsa. I love her headdress, I love her supremely Nickelodeon name, and I love her. No opportunity is too petty for Rita, and I respect that about her.
Like any Leo, she just needed a magical transformation to occur before she could be a good person. She does have a great sense of humor and the amount of gloating she does without actually accomplishing anything is both impressive and extremely Leo of her. I would say Rita is my favorite Leo so far.
Lord Zedd - Aries
Oh my God, I forgot Lord Zedd’s brain is… like… exposed. He looks like a Cenobite. I feel like Zedd is an Aries because he always yells and is kind of a rude jerk until he falls in love with Rita then he turns into moderate Uncle Zedd or whatever and probably lectures people about how to act all of the time.
Goldar - Scorpio
Cute little meow-meow. As a small child who loved ancient Egypt and cats, I loved Goldar. He’s a big ol’ blue hideous cat monster in a giant gold headdress, how could I not?
Bulk & Skull - Gemini
Bulk and Skull is literally what is going on inside of every single Gemini ever. They cause endless chaos for no reason but in some weird way, they’re good.
Here's a table summarizing the Power Rangers and their Zodiac signs:
| Character | Zodiac Sign |
|---|---|
| Jason Lee Scott | Taurus |
| Zack Taylor | Sagittarius |
| Trini Kwan | Pisces |
| Kimberly Hart | Libra |
| Billy Cranston | Cancer |
| Tommy Oliver | Leo |
| Zordon | Capricorn |
| Alpha 5 | Virgo |
| Rita Repulsa | Leo |
| Lord Zedd | Aries |
| Goldar | Scorpio |
| Bulk & Skull | Gemini |