Carole King’s birth chart
Singer-songwriterBorn February 9, 1942, Manhattan, New York, United States
Original, independent and fair.
- SunAquariusThe Free Thinker
- MoonSagittariusor Scorpio
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What her chart says about her
Who she is
Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker
Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone. Her mind and her identity are close together: she speaks as she thinks, and her ideas are part of who she is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (almost exact at 0.7°)
What she needs
Moon in Sagittarius or Scorpio, the Free Spirit
Feels best with space, laughter and something to look forward to. Gets restless when fenced in. Her feelings run deep and hold steady: she comes through hard times with more strength than she goes in with.
The Moon trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.2°) · For a birth before 5:07 a.m., her Moon was in Scorpio.
How she loves
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different. Affection comes to her with generosity attached: her heart and her optimism help each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 2.2°)
How she thinks
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
Original and future-minded. Thinks in systems and finds new ways to do old things. She doubts her own ideas before anyone else can, and so she checks every one twice.
Mercury square Saturn (close at 1.0°)
What drives her
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Steady, strong and very patient. She keeps going long after others stop. She fights hard for what she wants, and her temper is part of her courage.
The Sun square Mars (wide at 5.0°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her identity, her mind and her heart (the Sun, Mercury and Venus) gather in Aquarius, and that part of life draws her attention first. No water at all, so feelings come out in actions more than in words.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Carole King was born six days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 38% lit. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, 39 days before the March equinox.
Mercury retrograde
Mercury was retrograde all the day Carole King was born, as it was on 67 days of 1942. How often the famous were
Venus retrograde
Venus was retrograde all the day Carole King was born, as it was on 41 days of 1942. How often the famous were
Saturn return
For Carole King, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 2000, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1970 and 1971. The third begins in 2029. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aquarius
You and Carole King
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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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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See allQuestions about her chart
What is Carole King’s zodiac sign?
Aquarius. Carole King was born on February 9, 1942, with the Sun in Aquarius, the Free Thinker. Original, independent and fair. Thinks about how things could work better for everyone.
What is Carole King’s Moon sign?
Sagittarius or Scorpio. The Moon moved from Scorpio into Sagittarius at 5:07 a.m. that day, local time: in Scorpio for a birth before then, in Sagittarius for one after.
What is Carole King’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 February 9, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Carole King’s Venus sign?
Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit. Loves friend-first. Falls for a mind, needs room to breathe, and is drawn to people who are a little different.
How does your chart compare with Carole King’s?
Set your chart beside Carole King’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 Carole King’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Angela George, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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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