Locomotive shape
221° spanTwo thirds full with one empty third — momentum drives the chart.
Erykah Badu Birth Chart
Born February 26, 1971 in Dallas, Texas. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Pisces7° 2'
- Moon Pisces19° 40'
- Rising Sagittarius3° 52'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Jupiter
- the planet traditionally in charge of a given sign
- Sect
- Night chart
- whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
- Dominant element
- Fire
- the element most of the planets fall in
- Dominant modality
- Mutable
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Jupiter
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Jupiter ✶ Pluto
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of Erykah Badu
- Full Name
- Erykah Badu
- Gender
- female
- Date of Birth
- February 26, 1971
- Birth Time
- 01:10 AM
- Birth Place
- Dallas, Texas
- 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 | Pisces | 7° 2' | 3Mind & siblings | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | takes its shape from what it imagines rather than what it is handed |
| MoonInstinct | Pisces | 19° 40' | 4Home & roots | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | takes on the mood of a room without being asked to |
| MercuryMind | Aquarius | 29° 56' | 3Mind & siblings | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | arrives at conclusions by a route nobody else took |
| VenusAttraction | Capricorn | 23° 17' | 2Money & values | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | takes attachment seriously and treats it as something to be kept |
| MarsDrive | Sagittarius | 21° 21' | 1Self & body | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | starts fast on enthusiasm and needs the goal to stay interesting |
| JupiterExpansion | Sagittarius | 5° 29' | 1Self & body | in its own sign — operates without translation | grows by going further than was strictly advisable |
| SaturnDiscipline | Taurus | 17° 8' | 6Work & health | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | works out slowly what is genuinely worth holding onto |
| UranusDisruption | Libra | 12° 53'℞ | 10Vocation & reputation | 2nd decan · Aquarius | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Sagittarius | 3° 3' | 12Retreat & the unseen | 1st decan · Sagittarius | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Libra | 6° 5'℞ | 10Vocation & reputation | 1st decan · Libra | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Sagittarius | 3° 52' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Virgo | 14° 55' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Gemini | 3° 52' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Pisces | 14° 55' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Aquarius | 22° 58'℞ | 3 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Sagittarius | 16° 30' | 1 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter · Pluto | Sextile | 0.62° | harmonious | Expansion works with Transformation |
| Sun · Jupiter | Square | 1.55° | challenging | Identity pulls against Expansion |
| Moon · Mars | Square | 1.69° | challenging | Instinct pulls against Drive |
| Jupiter · Neptune | Conjunction | 2.43° | neutral | Expansion fuses with Imagination |
| Moon · Saturn | Sextile | 2.54° | harmonious | Instinct works with Discipline |
| Neptune · Pluto | Sextile | 3.04° | harmonious | Imagination works with Transformation |
| Mercury · Neptune | Square | 3.12° | challenging | Mind pulls against Imagination |
| Moon · Venus | Sextile | 3.62° | harmonious | Instinct works with Attraction |
| Sun · Neptune | Square | 3.98° | challenging | Identity pulls against Imagination |
| Mercury · Jupiter | Square | 5.54° | challenging | Mind pulls against Expansion |
| Venus · Saturn | Trine | 6.15° | harmonious | Attraction works with Discipline |
| Uranus · Pluto | Conjunction | 6.80° | neutral | Disruption fuses with Transformation |
| Sun · Mercury | Conjunction | 7.10° | neutral | Identity fuses with Mind |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | conjunction, 7.10° | ||||||||
| Venus | sextile, 3.62° | ||||||||
| Mars | square, 1.69° | ||||||||
| Jupiter | square, 1.55° | square, 5.54° | |||||||
| Saturn | sextile, 2.54° | trine, 6.15° | |||||||
| Uranus | |||||||||
| Neptune | square, 3.98° | square, 3.12° | conjunction, 2.43° | ||||||
| Pluto | sextile, 0.62° | conjunction, 6.80° | sextile, 3.04° | ||||||
| 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 | Sagittarius3° 52' | Mars Jupiter | Jupiterin Sagittarius, house 1 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Capricorn4° 55' | Venus | Saturnin Taurus, house 6 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Aquarius9° 41' | Sun Mercury | Uranusin Libra, house 10 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Pisces14° 55' | Moon | Neptunein Sagittarius, house 12 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Aries16° 1' | no planet | Marsin Sagittarius, house 1 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Taurus11° 45' | Saturn | Venusin Capricorn, house 2 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Gemini3° 52' | no planet | Mercuryin Aquarius, house 3 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Cancer4° 55' | no planet | Moonin Pisces, house 4 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Leo9° 41' | no planet | Sunin Pisces, house 3 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Virgo14° 55' | Uranus Pluto | Mercuryin Aquarius, house 3 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Libra16° 1' | no planet | Venusin Capricorn, house 2 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Scorpio11° 45' | Neptune | Plutoin Libra, house 10 |
- 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
Sagittarius stellium: 3 planets
Sagittarius- Mars
- Jupiter
- Neptune
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
3
Earth
2
Air
3
Water
2
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
3
Fixed
2
Mutable
5
- Dominant element: Fire
- Dominant modality: Mutable
Above the horizon 3 · below 7 · east 8 · west 2
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
New Moon
1% lit · 13° 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
Neptune on the Ascendant
Within 0.8° of the rising point — part of first impressions.
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3 planets in Sagittarius
One sign carries most of the chart at once.
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Night chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
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Mercury combust
Combust: so close to the Sun that the planet is overwhelmed by it.
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Erykah Badu: Common Questions
What is Erykah Badu's rising sign?
Erykah Badu has Sagittarius rising, at 3° 52'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is Erykah Badu's Moon sign?
Erykah Badu's Moon is in Pisces, in the 4th house of the chart.
Which planet rules Erykah Badu's chart?
Jupiter rules the chart, because Jupiter governs the rising sign Sagittarius, and it sits in the 1st house in Sagittarius.
Which element is strongest in Erykah Badu's chart?
Fire, with 3 of the ten planets in Fire signs.