Seesaw shape
249° spanTwo camps facing each other — the chart negotiates between them.
Whitney Houston Birth Chart
Born August 9, 1963 in Newark, New Jersey. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Leo16° 9'
- Moon Aries9° 7'
- Rising Virgo2° 59'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Mercury
- 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
- Fire
- the element most of the planets fall in
- Dominant modality
- Fixed
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Neptune
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Jupiter ✶ Saturn
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of Whitney Houston
- Full Name
- Whitney Houston
- Gender
- female
- Date of Birth
- August 9, 1963
- Birth Time
- 07:31 AM
- Birth Place
- Newark, New Jersey
- Timezone
- America/New_York
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 | Leo | 16° 9' | 12Retreat & the unseen | in its own sign — operates without translation | needs the work to carry a signature and be recognised as its own |
| MoonInstinct | Aries | 9° 7' | 8Depth & shared resources | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | reacts first and examines the feeling afterwards |
| MercuryMind | Virgo | 9° 26' | 1Self & body | in its own sign — operates without translation | notices the error everyone else read straight past |
| VenusAttraction | Leo | 10° 30' | 12Retreat & the unseen | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | gives generously and wants the warmth returned in plain sight |
| MarsDrive | Libra | 8° 9' | 2Money & values | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | dislikes open conflict and gets its way by negotiation |
| JupiterExpansion | Aries | 19° 28' | 8Depth & shared resources | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | grows by starting things nobody asked it to start |
| SaturnDiscipline | Aquarius | 20° 2'℞ | 6Work & health | in its own sign — operates without translation | has to decide which rules are worth keeping after breaking the rest |
| UranusDisruption | Virgo | 4° 24' | 1Self & body | 1st decan · Virgo | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Scorpio | 12° 56' | 3Mind & siblings | 2nd decan · Pisces | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Virgo | 18° 16' | 1Self & body | 2nd decan · Capricorn | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Virgo | 2° 59' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Taurus | 28° 6' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Pisces | 2° 59' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Scorpio | 28° 6' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Cancer | 19° 0'℞ | 11 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Aries | 25° 57' | 9 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jupiter · Saturn | Sextile | 0.56° | harmonious | Expansion works with Discipline |
| Moon · Mars | Opposition | 0.98° | challenging | Instinct pulls against Drive |
| Moon · Venus | Trine | 1.38° | harmonious | Instinct works with Attraction |
| Venus · Mars | Sextile | 2.36° | harmonious | Attraction works with Drive |
| Venus · Neptune | Square | 2.43° | challenging | Attraction pulls against Imagination |
| Sun · Neptune | Square | 3.21° | challenging | Identity pulls against Imagination |
| Sun · Jupiter | Trine | 3.32° | harmonious | Identity works with Expansion |
| Mercury · Neptune | Sextile | 3.51° | harmonious | Mind works with Imagination |
| Sun · Saturn | Opposition | 3.88° | challenging | Identity pulls against Discipline |
| Mercury · Uranus | Conjunction | 5.03° | neutral | Mind fuses with Disruption |
| Neptune · Pluto | Sextile | 5.32° | harmonious | Imagination works with Transformation |
| Sun · Venus | Conjunction | 5.65° | neutral | Identity fuses with Attraction |
| Sun · Moon | Trine | 7.03° | harmonious | Identity works with Instinct |
| Saturn · Neptune | Square | 7.09° | challenging | Discipline pulls against Imagination |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | trine, 7.03° | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | |||||||||
| Venus | conjunction, 5.65° | trine, 1.38° | |||||||
| Mars | opposition, 0.98° | sextile, 2.36° | |||||||
| Jupiter | trine, 3.32° | ||||||||
| Saturn | opposition, 3.88° | sextile, 0.56° | |||||||
| Uranus | conjunction, 5.03° | ||||||||
| Neptune | square, 3.21° | sextile, 3.51° | square, 2.43° | square, 7.09° | |||||
| Pluto | sextile, 5.32° | ||||||||
| 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 | Virgo2° 59' | Mercury Uranus Pluto | Mercuryin Virgo, house 1 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Virgo26° 22' | Mars | Mercuryin Virgo, house 1 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Libra24° 53' | Neptune | Venusin Leo, house 12 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Scorpio28° 6' | no planet | Plutoin Virgo, house 1 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Capricorn2° 52' | no planet | Saturnin Aquarius, house 6 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Aquarius4° 59' | Saturn | Uranusin Virgo, house 1 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Pisces2° 59' | no planet | Neptunein Scorpio, house 3 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Pisces26° 22' | Moon Jupiter | Neptunein Scorpio, house 3 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Aries24° 53' | no planet | Marsin Libra, house 2 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Taurus28° 6' | no planet | Venusin Leo, house 12 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Cancer2° 52' | no planet | Moonin Aries, house 8 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Leo4° 59' | Sun Venus | Sunin Leo, house 12 |
- 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
T-Square
pattern- Neptune
- Sun
- Saturn
Two squares converging on an opposition — the chart’s engine room.
Virgo stellium: 3 planets
Virgo- Mercury
- Uranus
- Pluto
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
1st house stellium: Self & body
Self & body- Mercury
- Uranus
- Pluto
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
4
Earth
3
Air
2
Water
1
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
3
Fixed
4
Mutable
3
- Dominant element: Fire
- Dominant modality: Fixed
Above the horizon 4 · below 6 · east 7 · west 3
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
Disseminating
80% lit · 233° from the Sun
2Public & outwardhouses 10-12
2Others & exchangehouses 7-9
5Self & beginningshouses 1-3
1Roots & routinehouses 4-6
Quadrant: one of the four quarters of the wheel, three houses each.
Notable Features
Uranus on the Ascendant
Within 1.4° of the rising point — part of first impressions.
34 of 200 charts here
Stellium in the 1st: Self & body
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
137 of 200 charts here
3 planets in Virgo
One sign carries most of the chart at once.
142 of 200 charts here
Venus combust
Combust: so close to the Sun that the planet is overwhelmed by it.
26 of 200 charts here
Day chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
132 of 200 charts here
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Whitney Houston: Common Questions
What is Whitney Houston's rising sign?
Whitney Houston has Virgo rising, at 2° 59'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is Whitney Houston's Moon sign?
Whitney Houston's Moon is in Aries, in the 8th house of the chart.
Which planet rules Whitney Houston's chart?
Mercury rules the chart, because Mercury governs the rising sign Virgo, and it sits in the 1st house in Virgo.
Which element is strongest in Whitney Houston's chart?
Fire, with 4 of the ten planets in Fire signs.