Diana, Princess of Wales’ birth chart

What her chart says about her

1. Who she was

   ☉Sun in Cancer, the Protector

   Tender under a careful shell. Makes a home anywhere and guards the people inside it. Imagination and identity worked together: she could become a character, a mood or an idea, and make others believe in it.

   The Sun trine Neptune (almost exact at 0.7°)

2. What she needed

   ☽Moon in Aquarius, the Cool Head

   Feels at a little distance and thinks feelings through. Needs friends, freedom and room to be different.

3. How she loved

   ♀Venus in Taurus, the Keeper

   Slow to fall and slow to leave. Wants a love that feels safe, warm and real. Love came in sudden starts and stops: she fell for people quickly and needed room just as quickly.

   Venus square Uranus (almost exact at 0.8°)

4. How she thought

   ☿Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind

   A mind tuned to people. Hears what sits under the words and answers it gently. The facts and the bigger picture needed constant reconciling, and she kept checking one against the other.

   Mercury quincunx Jupiter (close at 1.8°)

5. What drove her

   ♂Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson

   Diligent and exact. Puts effort into doing a thing properly, step by careful step. A quick, direct mind: she made decisions fast and said what she meant.

   Mercury sextile Mars (close at 1.9°)

6. The shape of her chart

   Pluto is the hub of her chart: it takes part in six of its aspects, more than any other body, so her intensity touched everything else in it. In her chart, earth signs hold the most planets: the practical and the solid.

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The sky the day she was born

The chart

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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.

Diana, Princess of Wales’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

Together, chart beside chart

• Charles III and Diana, Princess of WalesTogether from 1981 to 1996