Maya Angelou’s birth chart
PoetBorn April 4, 1928, St. Louis, Missouri, United StatesDied May 28, 2014
Built to begin.
- SunAriesThe Pioneer
- MoonLibraThe Peacemaker
- VenusPiscesThe Tender Heart
What her chart says about her
Who she was
Sun in Aries, the Pioneer
Built to begin. Says yes before the plan is finished and gets everyone else moving. Nothing about her was halfway: she insisted on running her own life, and the struggle made her formidable.
The Sun square Pluto (almost exact at 0.3°)
What she needed
Moon in Libra, the Peacemaker
Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.
How she loved
Venus in Pisces, the Tender Heart
Loves selflessly and romantically. Sees the best in people and gives without counting. Words with charm in them: she had an ear for a beautiful phrase, and people liked listening to her.
Mercury conjunction Venus (close at 1.3°)
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 1.2°)
What drove her
Mars in Aquarius, the Rebel
Driven by ideas and fairness. Fights for change and does things differently. Drive and dreams mixed uneasily: the goal was clear to her, and the way to it harder to see.
Mars opposition Neptune (close at 1.1°)
The shape of her chart
In her chart, her identity, her optimism and her independence (the Sun, Jupiter and Uranus) gather in Aries, and that part of life drew her attention first. No earth at all, so the practical, settled side was the one she had to find.
The sky the day she was born
The Moon
Maya Angelou was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit, in Libra. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Wednesday, fourteen days after the March equinox.
Saturn return
For Maya Angelou, Saturn came back to where it stood at her birth in 1987, at 58: her second Saturn return, after the first in 1957. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Aries
You and Maya Angelou
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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
More with the Sun in Aries
See allQuestions about her chart
What is Maya Angelou’s zodiac sign?
Aries. Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928, with the Sun in Aries, the Pioneer. Built to begin. Says yes before the plan is finished and gets everyone else moving.
What is Maya Angelou’s Moon sign?
Libra, the Peacemaker. Needs harmony, good company and fairness. Feels best when everyone is getting along.
What is Maya Angelou’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 4, 1928. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Maya Angelou’s Venus sign?
Pisces, the Tender Heart. Loves selflessly and romantically. Sees the best in people and gives without counting.
How does your chart compare with Maya Angelou’s?
Set your chart beside Maya Angelou’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 Maya Angelou’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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