Locomotive shape
219° spanTwo thirds full with one empty third — momentum drives the chart.
Aretha Franklin Birth Chart
Born March 25, 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Aries4° 14'
- Moon Cancer10° 0'
- Rising Aries18° 38'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Mars
- the planet traditionally in charge of a given sign
- Sect
- Day chart
- whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
- Dominant element
- Earth
- the element most of the planets fall in
- Dominant modality
- Fixed
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Jupiter
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Uranus △ Neptune
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of Aretha Franklin
- Full Name
- Aretha Franklin
- Gender
- female
- Date of Birth
- March 25, 1942
- Birth Time
- 07:38 AM
- Birth Place
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Timezone
- America/Chicago
Creator
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Sarah Mitchell, M.A. in Cultural Astronomy & Astrology and Marcus Reynolds, Professional Astrologer & Astronomer
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Position of Planets
| Planet | Sign | Degree | House | Condition | What it does here |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SunIdentity | Aries | 4° 14' | 12Retreat & the unseen | honoured guest — works at full volume | leads with action and works out the details on the move |
| MoonInstinct | Cancer | 10° 0' | 3Mind & siblings | in its own sign — operates without translation | feels everything at full volume and remembers all of it |
| MercuryMind | Pisces | 12° 9' | 12Retreat & the unseen | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | thinks in pictures and struggles to make them sit still as sentences |
| VenusAttraction | Aquarius | 19° 38' | 11Community & hopes | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | keeps a little distance even when it is entirely committed |
| MarsDrive | Gemini | 10° 48' | 2Money & values | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | argues rather than shoves, and wins by being quicker |
| JupiterExpansion | Gemini | 14° 59' | 2Money & values | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | grows through variety and collects more interests than it can hold |
| SaturnDiscipline | Taurus | 24° 52' | 2Money & values | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | works out slowly what is genuinely worth holding onto |
| UranusDisruption | Taurus | 27° 24' | 2Money & values | 3rd decan · Capricorn | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Virgo | 28° 21'℞ | 6Work & health | 3rd decan · Taurus | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Leo | 7° 56'℞ | 5Pleasure & creativity | 1st decan · Leo | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Aries | 18° 38' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Capricorn | 11° 4' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Libra | 18° 38' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Cancer | 11° 4' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Virgo | 12° 25'℞ | 6 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Cancer | 24° 24' | 4 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus · Neptune | Trine | 0.95° | harmonious | Disruption works with Imagination |
| Mercury · Mars | Square | 1.35° | challenging | Mind pulls against Drive |
| Moon · Mercury | Trine | 2.15° | harmonious | Instinct works with Mind |
| Saturn · Uranus | Conjunction | 2.52° | neutral | Discipline fuses with Disruption |
| Mercury · Jupiter | Square | 2.83° | challenging | Mind pulls against Expansion |
| Mars · Pluto | Sextile | 2.87° | harmonious | Drive works with Transformation |
| Saturn · Neptune | Trine | 3.47° | harmonious | Discipline works with Imagination |
| Sun · Pluto | Trine | 3.70° | harmonious | Identity works with Transformation |
| Mars · Jupiter | Conjunction | 4.18° | neutral | Drive fuses with Expansion |
| Venus · Jupiter | Trine | 4.65° | harmonious | Attraction works with Expansion |
| Venus · Saturn | Square | 5.24° | challenging | Attraction pulls against Discipline |
| Sun · Moon | Square | 5.78° | challenging | Identity pulls against Instinct |
| Sun · Neptune | Opposition | 5.88° | challenging | Identity pulls against Imagination |
| Venus · Uranus | Square | 7.76° | challenging | Attraction pulls against Disruption |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | square, 5.78° | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | trine, 2.15° | ||||||||
| Venus | |||||||||
| Mars | square, 1.35° | ||||||||
| Jupiter | square, 2.83° | trine, 4.65° | conjunction, 4.18° | ||||||
| Saturn | square, 5.24° | ||||||||
| Uranus | square, 7.76° | conjunction, 2.52° | |||||||
| Neptune | opposition, 5.88° | trine, 3.47° | trine, 0.95° | ||||||
| Pluto | trine, 3.70° | sextile, 2.87° | |||||||
| Sun | Moon | Mercury | Venus | Mars | Jupiter | Saturn | Uranus | Neptune |
The Twelve Houses
| House | Covers | Cusp | Planets in it | Ruled by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IangularAscendant | Self & bodyappearance, manner, and the first thing people register | Aries18° 38' | no planet | Marsin Gemini, house 2 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Taurus23° 33' | Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus | Venusin Aquarius, house 11 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Gemini18° 46' | Moon | Mercuryin Pisces, house 12 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Cancer11° 4' | no planet | Moonin Cancer, house 3 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Leo5° 1' | Pluto | Sunin Aries, house 12 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Virgo5° 48' | Neptune | Mercuryin Pisces, house 12 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Libra18° 38' | no planet | Venusin Aquarius, house 11 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Scorpio23° 33' | no planet | Plutoin Leo, house 5 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Sagittarius18° 46' | no planet | Jupiterin Gemini, house 2 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Capricorn11° 4' | no planet | Saturnin Taurus, house 2 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Aquarius5° 1' | Venus | Uranusin Taurus, house 2 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Pisces5° 48' | Sun Mercury | Neptunein Virgo, house 6 |
- angular:
- houses 1, 4, 7 and 10 — the four loudest positions in a chart
- succedent:
- houses 2, 5, 8 and 11 — positions that hold and consolidate
- cadent:
- houses 3, 6, 9 and 12 — quieter positions that adjust and absorb
Chart Patterns
2nd house stellium: Money & values
Money & values- Mars
- Jupiter
- Saturn
- Uranus
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
2
Earth
3
Air
3
Water
2
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
2
Fixed
4
Mutable
4
- Dominant element: Earth
- Dominant modality: Fixed
Above the horizon 3 · below 7 · east 8 · west 2
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
First Quarter
55% lit · 96° from the Sun
3Public & outwardhouses 10-12
0Others & exchangehouses 7-9
5Self & beginningshouses 1-3
2Roots & routinehouses 4-6
Quadrant: one of the four quarters of the wheel, three houses each.
Notable Features
Stellium in the 2nd: Money & values
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
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Day chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
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Aretha Franklin: Common Questions
What is Aretha Franklin's rising sign?
Aretha Franklin has Aries rising, at 18° 38'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is Aretha Franklin's Moon sign?
Aretha Franklin's Moon is in Cancer, in the 3rd house of the chart.
Which planet rules Aretha Franklin's chart?
Mars rules the chart, because Mars governs the rising sign Aries, and it sits in the 2nd house in Gemini.
Which element is strongest in Aretha Franklin's chart?
Earth, with 3 of the ten planets in Earth signs.