Sufjan Stevens
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Sufjan Stevens’ birth chart

SingerBorn July 1, 1975, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Warm, loyal and fiercely caring.

  • SunCancerThe Protector
  • MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
  • VenusLeoThe Romantic

What his chart says about him

  1. Who he is

    Sun in Cancer, the Protector

    Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family. The self he shows the world and the self he comes home to want different things, and he makes room for both.

    The Sun square the Moon (almost exact at 0.3°)

  2. What he needs

    Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame

    Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move. He picks up what others feel before a word is said, and his compassion reaches far.

    The Moon trine Neptune (almost exact at 0.7°)

  3. How he loves

    Venus in Leo, the Romantic

    Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored. Affection comes to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism help each other.

    Venus trine Jupiter (close at 2.2°)

  4. How he thinks

    Mercury in Gemini, the Quick Wit

    Quick, witty and endlessly curious. Picks up a subject fast and can talk about ten things at once. A generous, wide-ranging mind: he learns easily, tells a good story and sees the big picture.

    Mercury sextile Jupiter (wide at 3.5°)

  5. What drives him

    Mars in Taurus, the Stayer

    Slow and sure. He does not rush, and he is hard to push off course. Restless and quick to rebel: he pushes against limits, and sudden decisions come with the territory.

    Mars opposition Uranus (close at 2.0°)

  6. The shape of his chart

    Most of his planets are in fire signs: instinct and enthusiasm.

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The sky the day he was born

  • The Moon

    Sufjan Stevens was born eight days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 50% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon

  • The day

    It was a Tuesday, nine days after the June solstice.

  • Saturn return

    For Sufjan Stevens, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2004 and 2005, at 29: his first Saturn return. The second begins in 2033. When is yours?

Is yours here?

Signs that click with Cancer

You and Sufjan Stevens

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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.

Sufjan Stevens’ chart in full

Every planet, point, pattern and aspect

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Questions about his chart

What is Sufjan Stevens’ zodiac sign?

Cancer. Sufjan Stevens was born on July 1, 1975, with the Sun in Cancer, the Protector. Warm, loyal and fiercely caring. Happiest looking after the people who feel like family.

What is Sufjan Stevens’ Moon sign?

Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.

What is Sufjan Stevens’ 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 1, 1975. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.

What is Sufjan Stevens’ Venus sign?

Leo, the Romantic. Loves big, loyally and warmly. Wants to adore and be adored.

How does your chart compare with Sufjan Stevens’?

Set your chart beside Sufjan Stevens’ 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 Sufjan Stevens’ Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.

Photo: Joe Lencioni, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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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