Aretha Franklin’s birth chart
SingerBorn March 25, 1942, Memphis, Tennessee, United StatesDied August 16, 2018
Direct, brave and impatient with waiting.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At her best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet. A quiet strength: under pressure she grew more focused, and she knew how to start over.
The Sun trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.8°)
What she needed
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay. Feeling and thought spoke the same language: she could put a mood into words, and her words carried feeling.
The Moon trine Mercury (almost exact at 0.2°)
How she loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness. Affection came to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (wide at 4.8°)
How she thought
Mercury in Pisces, the Poet
Dreamy and perceptive. Remembers how a moment felt better than what was said in it. Sharp words and a sharp mind: she argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to her.
Mercury square Mars (close at 1.5°)
What drove her
Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker
Restless, quick and clever. Does several things at once and wins with words. Enthusiasm at full speed: she charged at life with confidence, and setbacks slowed her only briefly.
Mars conjunction Jupiter (wide at 4.1°)
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Aretha Franklin was born seven days before a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 57% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, four days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Aretha Franklin, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2000 and 2001, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1971. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
You and Aretha Franklin
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Aretha Franklin’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Aretha Franklin’s zodiac sign?
Aries. Aretha Franklin was born on March 25, 1942, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Direct, brave and impatient with waiting. At her best with a fresh start and a door nobody has opened yet.
What is Aretha Franklin’s Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay.
What is Aretha Franklin’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on March 25, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Aretha Franklin’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness.
How does your chart compare with Aretha Franklin’s?
Set your chart beside Aretha Franklin’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Aretha Franklin’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Atlantic Records (Life time: Published before 1978 without a copyright notice), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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