Famous birth charts · Whitney Houston
Whitney Houston’s chart in full
Born August 9, 1963, Newark, New Jersey, United States. The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Point at a body or a sign to see its connections.
The chart, fact by fact
Planets
What’s this?Close
The ten bodies astrology reads: the Sun, the Moon and eight planets. The planet says which part of a person it speaks for, the sign says how that part behaves, and the house says where in life it shows.
Sun in Leo
The Bright One. Warm, proud and generous.
16°20′
Moon in Aries
The Quick Flame. Quick to flare, quick to forgive.
11°47′
Mercury in Virgo
The Analyst. The editor’s eye.
9°43′
Venus in Leo
The Romantic. Grand, generous love.
10°45′
Mars in Libra
The Negotiator. A fighter for fairness.
8°16′
Show all ten planetsShow fewer
Jupiter in Ariesretrograde
The Bold Starter. Faith in going first.
19°29′
Saturn in Aquariusretrograde
The Reformer. The architect of the group.
20°02′
Uranus in Virgo
4°25′
Neptune in Scorpio
12°57′
Pluto in Virgo
11°00′
Beyond the planets
What’s this?Close
Points read beside the planets. The rising sign, or Ascendant, is the sign coming up over the eastern horizon at the minute of birth: the first impression. The Midheaven is the highest point of the sky: career and public life. The North Node is where the Moon’s path crosses the Sun’s: the direction a life grows in. Chiron, a small body between Saturn and Uranus, is a lifelong sore spot and the gift it leaves for others. Black Moon Lilith, where the Moon’s orbit swings farthest from Earth, is what a person keeps untamed.
North Node in Cancer
The direction her life grows in: Cancer, protective and caring.
20°11′
Chiron in Pisces
In Pisces, Chiron is a tenderness that feels everything a little too much, and a gift for quiet compassion.
13°45′
Black Moon Lilith in Scorpio
In Scorpio, Lilith is an intensity and a private power that stay unexplained.
12°27′
The rising sign and the Midheaven need the birth time to the minute, so they are left out.
Patterns
What’s this?Close
When several aspects lock into one shape, such as a triangle or a cross, the planets in it act together, and the shape says how: easily, under strain, or with one planet as the focus.
Stellium
Three or more planets gathered in one sign or one house, so that part of the chart speaks loudest.
In her chart, her mind, her independence and her intensity (Mercury, Uranus and Pluto) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew her attention first.
Aspects by strength
What’s this?Close
An aspect is a set angle between two bodies in the sky at birth. Some angles flow, some rub, and some fuse two bodies into one. The number is how far the angle is from exact: the smaller it is, the stronger the link.
Only the aspects that held from the first minute of the day to the last are shown; each figure is for noon.
Saturn quincunx North Node almost exact at 0.2°
Responsibility and growth needed steady balancing, and she learned which duties to keep.
Jupiter sextile Saturn almost exact at 0.5°
Hope and caution in balance: she dreamed big and planned carefully, and both helped.
Jupiter square North Node almost exact at 0.7°
Easy hopes and the harder way forward went different ways, and real growth came from the harder one.
The Moon trine Venus close at 1.0°
She put people at ease without trying: kindness and charm came from the same place.
Mercury conjunction Pluto close at 1.3°
She thought like a detective: nothing was taken at face value, and she remembered everything.
Neptune sextile Pluto close at 1.9°
A quiet hunger for meaning under everyday life, and a tolerance for great change.
Show more aspectsShow fewer
Venus square Neptune close at 2.2°
She loved the dream of a person, and the real one had to compete with it.
Venus sextile Mars close at 2.5°
Charm and desire worked together: she knew what she wanted in love and how to win it.
The Sun trine Jupiter wide at 3.1°
Her confidence came easily and spread: she thought big, and other people wanted to come along.
Mercury sextile Neptune wide at 3.2°
She thought in pictures and music: her words carried a mood, and her imagination gave her ideas colour.
The Sun square Neptune wide at 3.4°
The self she knew and the image others saw drifted apart at times, and she worked to keep hold of the real one.
The Sun opposition Saturn wide at 3.7°
Self-belief came slowly and had to be earned, one result at a time, and every result counted.
Mercury conjunction Uranus wide at 5.3°
She thought in leaps: brilliant, contrary and quick to get bored with the obvious.
The Sun conjunction Venus wide at 5.6°
Charm came naturally: taste, warmth and a love of beautiful things were close to her core.
Uranus conjunction Pluto wide at 6.6°
Born into a time of upheaval: she wanted radical change, and wanted it at once.
Chart signature
What’s this?Close
The chart’s balance at a glance: which of the four elements and three modes it leans on, which body is most connected, and any body standing alone.
Elements
Modes
You and Whitney Houston
See where your chart meets Whitney Houston’s, and the signs you share.