Billie Holiday’s birth chart
Jazz singerBorn April 7, 1915, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United StatesDied July 17, 1959
Happiest going first.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonCapricornor Aquarius
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Happiest going first. Starts things with real nerve and loves a challenge that needs someone brave. Independence came easily: she did things her own way, and people found it refreshing rather than rude.
The Sun sextile Uranus (close at 1.9°)
What she needed
Moon in Capricorn or Aquarius, the Steady Hand
Keeps feelings under control and feels safest when life is organised and secure. Her feelings and her imagination pulled in different directions: she lived between what was real and what she longed for.
The Moon opposition Neptune (almost exact at 0.1°) · For a birth after 4:04 p.m., her Moon was in Aquarius.
How she loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How she thought
Mercury in Pisces, the Poet
An intuitive, imaginative mind. Thinks in images and picks up what is left unsaid. She doubted her own ideas before anyone else could, and so she checked every one twice.
Mercury square Saturn (close at 1.9°)
What drove her
Mars in Pisces, the Gentle Warrior
Works from instinct and compassion. Fights for others more easily than for herself. She thought fast and spoke faster: her mind liked a contest, and her words had an edge.
Mercury conjunction Mars (close at 2.1°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her mind, her heart, her drive and her optimism (Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter) gather in Pisces, and that part of life drew her attention first. Most of her planets are in water signs: feeling and intuition.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Billie Holiday was born seven days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 41% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, seventeen days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Billie Holiday, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1944, at 29: her first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
You and Billie Holiday
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets hers, and the signs you share.
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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.
Billie Holiday’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Aries
See allQuestions about her chart
What is Billie Holiday’s zodiac sign?
Aries. Billie Holiday was born on April 7, 1915, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Happiest going first. Starts things with real nerve and loves a challenge that needs someone brave.
What is Billie Holiday’s Moon sign?
Capricorn or Aquarius. The Moon moved from Capricorn into Aquarius at 4:04 p.m. that day, local time: in Capricorn for a birth before then, in Aquarius for one after.
What is Billie Holiday’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 April 7, 1915. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Billie Holiday’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves with compassion and imagination. Wants a romantic, gentle bond.
How does your chart compare with Billie Holiday’s?
Set your chart beside Billie Holiday’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 Billie Holiday’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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