The Edge’s birth chart
Rock musicianBorn August 8, 1961, London, United Kingdom
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonCancerThe Nest-Maker
- VenusCancerThe Nurturer
What his chart says about him
Who he is
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. His mind and his identity are close together: he speaks as he thinks, and his ideas are part of who he is.
The Sun conjunction Mercury (wide at 6.7°)
What he needs
Moon in Cancer, the Nest-Maker
Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay.
How he loves
Venus in Cancer, the Nurturer
Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home. He loves with depth and loyalty, and the bonds he forms change both people.
Venus sextile Pluto (close at 1.6°)
How he thinks
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with warmth and confidence and tells a great story. Thinks in big, bold ideas. Facts and dreams blur together in his mind: wonderful for stories, harder when details matter.
Mercury square Neptune (almost exact at 0.3°)
What drives him
Mars in Virgo, the Craftsperson
Skilful, hardworking and modest. Gets ahead through practice, precision and getting the details right. His drive and his discipline work together easily: he can push hard and keep going.
Mars trine Saturn (almost exact at 0.5°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his mind and his independence (the Sun, Mercury and Uranus) gather in Leo, and that part of life draws his attention first.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
The Edge was born three days before a new Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 8% lit, in Cancer. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Tuesday, 45 days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For The Edge, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 2020, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1990. The third begins in 2049. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and The Edge
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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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What is The Edge’s zodiac sign?
Leo. The Edge was born on August 8, 1961, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is The Edge’s Moon sign?
Cancer, the Nest-Maker. Feels everything and holds on to what matters. Needs a place to come home to and people who stay.
What is The Edge’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 August 8, 1961. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is The Edge’s Venus sign?
Cancer, the Nurturer. Loves by caring and protecting. Wants a partner who feels like home.
How does your chart compare with The Edge’s?
Set your chart beside The Edge’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 The Edge’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (the licence). The file and its full credit.
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The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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