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Brian May’s birth chart

MusicianBorn July 19, 1947, Hampton, United Kingdom

Tender under a careful shell.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonLeoThe Warm Heart
  • VenusCancerThe Nurturer

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.

    The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 7.2°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Leo, the Warm Heart

    Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars. Intense, private feelings: he keeps an inner life few people see, and he guards it well.

    The Moon conjunction Pluto (close at 1.1°)

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer

    Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.

    Venus trine Jupiter (wide at 4.4°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

    A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.

    Mercury trine Jupiter (close at 1.0°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Gemini, the Multitasker

    Restless, quick and clever. Does several things at once and wins with words. Stamina and willpower: he keeps going long after others stop, and he does his best work under pressure.

    Mars sextile Pluto (almost exact at 0.4°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    In his chart, his identity, his mind and his heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Cancer, and that part of life draws his attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side is the one he has to find.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Brian May was born the day after a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 2% lit, in Leo. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Saturday, twenty-seven days after the June solstice.

  • Mercury retrograde

    Mercury was retrograde all the day Brian May was born, as it was on 67 days of 1947. How often the famous were

  • Saturn return

    For Brian May, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2005 and 2006, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1976 and 1977. The third begins in 2035. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and Brian May

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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.

Brian May’s chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Brian May’s zodiac sign?

Cancer. Brian May was born on July 19, 1947, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it.

What is Brian May’s Moon sign?

Leo, the Warm Heart. Proud, warm and loyal in feeling. Needs to be appreciated, and makes loved ones feel like stars.

What is Brian May’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 July 19, 1947. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Brian May’s Venus sign?

Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.

How does your chart compare with Brian May’s?

Set your chart beside Brian May’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 Brian May’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.

The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.

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