Lou Reed’s birth chart
Rock musicianBorn March 2, 1942, Brooklyn, New York, United StatesDied October 27, 2013
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive.
- SunPiscesThe Dreamer
- MoonVirgoThe Mender
- VenusAquariusThe Kindred Spirit
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer
Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen. He reached for more than one life could hold: big plans, big promises, and a habit of saying yes before counting the hours.
The Sun square Jupiter (close at 1.0°)
What he needed
Moon in Virgo, the Mender
Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.
How he loved
Venus in Aquarius, the Kindred Spirit
Unconventional in love. Drawn to the original and the independent, and needs room inside closeness. Love came with high stakes: intense attachments, and a need to know exactly where he stood.
Venus opposition Pluto (close at 2.7°)
How he thought
Mercury in Aquarius, the Inventor
An inventive, independent mind. Sees patterns others miss and questions the usual way of doing things. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learned easily, told a good story and saw the big picture.
Mercury trine Jupiter (close at 2.4°)
What drove him
Mars in Taurus, the Stayer
Steady, strong and very patient. He kept going long after others stopped. Electric: he acted on impulse, loved a risk and refused to be told what to do.
Mars conjunction Uranus (almost exact at 0.6°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his drive, his discipline and his independence (Mars, Saturn and Uranus) gather in Taurus, and that part of life drew his attention first. Most of his planets are in earth signs: the practical and the solid.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Lou Reed was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit, in Virgo. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Monday, eighteen days before the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Lou Reed, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2000, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1971. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Pisces
You and Lou Reed
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, 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.
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
Together, chart beside chart
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See allQuestions about his chart
What is Lou Reed’s zodiac sign?
Pisces. Lou Reed was born on March 2, 1942, with the Sun in Pisces, the Dreamer. Dreamy, kind and quietly perceptive. People come away feeling seen.
What is Lou Reed’s Moon sign?
Virgo, the Mender. Settles worry by doing something useful. Needs order, routine and a job done well.
What is Lou Reed’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 2, 1942. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Lou Reed’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 Lou Reed’s?
Set your chart beside Lou Reed’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 Lou Reed’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Man Alive!, 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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