Locomotive shape
208° spanTwo thirds full with one empty third — momentum drives the chart.
Willie Nelson Birth Chart
Born April 29, 1933 in Abbott, Texas. Full natal chart below: planets, houses, aspects and patterns.
- Sun Taurus8° 42'
- Moon Cancer0° 26'
- Rising Taurus10° 2'
Trine / SextileSquare / OppositionConjunction℞ Retrograde
Fire Earth Air Water
- Chart ruler
- Venus
- 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
- Cardinal
- how the chart tends to meet change
- Most aspected
- Sun
- the planet with the most contacts to others
- Tightest aspect
- Uranus □ Pluto
- the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one
Birth Details of Willie Nelson
- Full Name
- Willie Nelson
- Gender
- male
- Date of Birth
- April 29, 1933
- Birth Time
- 05:53 AM
- Birth Place
- Abbott, 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 | Taurus | 8° 42' | 12Retreat & the unseen | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | settles into what it values and refuses to be hurried off it |
| MoonInstinct | Cancer | 0° 26' | 2Money & values | in its own sign — operates without translation | feels everything at full volume and remembers all of it |
| MercuryMind | Aries | 13° 17' | 12Retreat & the unseen | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | says the thing before the sentence is fully built |
| VenusAttraction | Taurus | 10° 45' | 1Self & body | in its own sign — operates without translation | loves steadily and shows it in things that can be touched |
| MarsDrive | Virgo | 2° 34' | 5Pleasure & creativity | no special standing — neither helped nor hindered | wears a problem down through accuracy and repetition |
| JupiterExpansion | Virgo | 13° 28'℞ | 5Pleasure & creativity | opposite its own sign — the usual instincts do not apply | grows by getting better at something specific rather than bigger |
| SaturnDiscipline | Aquarius | 15° 45' | 10Vocation & reputation | in its own sign — operates without translation | has to decide which rules are worth keeping after breaking the rest |
| UranusDisruption | Aries | 24° 14' | 12Retreat & the unseen | 3rd decan · Sagittarius | independence, and the willingness to be strange about it |
| NeptuneImagination | Virgo | 7° 29'℞ | 5Pleasure & creativity | 1st decan · Virgo | where the outline goes soft and the feeling takes over |
| PlutoTransformation | Cancer | 24° 15' | 3Mind & siblings | 3rd decan · Pisces | what gets torn down and rebuilt rather than adjusted |
Angles & Points
| Point | Sign | Degree | House | What it marks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AscendantRising sign | Taurus | 10° 2' | 1 | the sign coming over the horizon at the moment of birth |
| MidheavenCareer point | Capricorn | 26° 8' | 10 | the highest point of the chart, read for public standing |
| DescendantPartnership point | Scorpio | 10° 2' | 7 | the horizon opposite the Ascendant, read for close others |
| ICRoots point | Cancer | 26° 8' | 4 | the base of the chart, opposite the Midheaven |
| North NodeDirection of growth | Pisces | 4° 37'℞ | 11 | the traditional marker of what a life moves toward |
| Part of FortunePoint of ease | Cancer | 1° 47' | 2 | a calculated point where Sun, Moon and Ascendant agree |
Aspects by Strength
| Pair | Aspect | Orb | Nature | What it means |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uranus · Pluto | Square | 0.02° | challenging | Disruption pulls against Transformation |
| Sun · Neptune | Trine | 1.21° | harmonious | Identity works with Imagination |
| Sun · Venus | Conjunction | 2.05° | neutral | Identity fuses with Attraction |
| Moon · Mars | Sextile | 2.13° | harmonious | Instinct works with Drive |
| Mercury · Saturn | Sextile | 2.46° | harmonious | Mind works with Discipline |
| Venus · Jupiter | Trine | 2.72° | harmonious | Attraction works with Expansion |
| Venus · Neptune | Trine | 3.25° | harmonious | Attraction works with Imagination |
| Sun · Jupiter | Trine | 4.77° | harmonious | Identity works with Expansion |
| Mars · Neptune | Conjunction | 4.92° | neutral | Drive fuses with Imagination |
| Venus · Saturn | Square | 5.01° | challenging | Attraction pulls against Discipline |
| Jupiter · Neptune | Conjunction | 5.97° | neutral | Expansion fuses with Imagination |
| Sun · Mars | Trine | 6.13° | harmonious | Identity works with Drive |
| Sun · Saturn | Square | 7.06° | challenging | Identity pulls against Discipline |
Orb: the gap in degrees between the real angle and the exact one.
Aspect Grid
| Moon | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | |||||||||
| Venus | conjunction, 2.05° | ||||||||
| Mars | trine, 6.13° | sextile, 2.13° | |||||||
| Jupiter | trine, 4.77° | trine, 2.72° | |||||||
| Saturn | square, 7.06° | sextile, 2.46° | square, 5.01° | ||||||
| Uranus | |||||||||
| Neptune | trine, 1.21° | trine, 3.25° | conjunction, 4.92° | conjunction, 5.97° | |||||
| Pluto | square, 0.02° | ||||||||
| 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 | Taurus10° 2' | Venus | Venusin Taurus, house 1 |
| IIsuccedent | Money & valueswhat is owned, earned, and counted as solid ground | Gemini9° 28' | Moon | Mercuryin Aries, house 12 |
| IIIcadent | Mind & siblingstalking, writing, and the everyday traffic of information | Cancer3° 4' | Pluto | Moonin Cancer, house 2 |
| IVangularIC | Home & rootsthe family line, and the house it was lived in | Cancer26° 8' | no planet | Moonin Cancer, house 2 |
| Vsuccedent | Pleasure & creativityromance, performance, and the appetite for being delighted | Leo22° 50' | Mars Jupiter Neptune | Sunin Taurus, house 12 |
| VIcadent | Work & healththe working day, and the discipline of keeping things going | Virgo27° 32' | no planet | Mercuryin Aries, house 12 |
| VIIangularDescendant | Partnershipone-to-one dealings, in agreement and in conflict | Scorpio10° 2' | no planet | Plutoin Cancer, house 3 |
| VIIIsuccedent | Depth & shared resourcesdebt, desire, and the things that change a person | Sagittarius9° 28' | no planet | Jupiterin Virgo, house 5 |
| IXcadent | Belief & distancehigher study, foreign places, and the questions without local answers | Capricorn3° 4' | no planet | Saturnin Aquarius, house 10 |
| XangularMidheaven | Vocation & reputationthe professional life and how it is judged from outside | Capricorn26° 8' | Saturn | Saturnin Aquarius, house 10 |
| XIsuccedent | Community & hopesfriendship, networks, and the causes someone signs up to | Aquarius22° 50' | no planet | Uranusin Aries, house 12 |
| XIIcadent | Retreat & the unseensolitude, and what is withheld, including from the self | Pisces27° 32' | Sun Mercury Uranus | Neptunein Virgo, house 5 |
- 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
Virgo stellium: 3 planets
Virgo- Mars
- Jupiter
- Neptune
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
12th house stellium: Retreat & the unseen
Retreat & the unseen- Sun
- Mercury
- Uranus
three or more planets crowded into one sign or house.
Chart Signature
Element Distribution
Fire
2
Earth
5
Air
1
Water
2
Modality Distribution
Cardinal
4
Fixed
3
Mutable
3
- Dominant element: Earth
- Dominant modality: Cardinal
Above the horizon 4 · below 6 · east 7 · west 3
Hemisphere: which half of the wheel the planets fall in.
Crescent
19% lit · 52° from the Sun
4Public & outwardhouses 10-12
0Others & exchangehouses 7-9
3Self & beginningshouses 1-3
3Roots & routinehouses 4-6
Quadrant: one of the four quarters of the wheel, three houses each.
Notable Features
Venus on the Ascendant
Within 0.7° of the rising point — part of first impressions.
34 of 200 charts here
Venus combust
Combust: so close to the Sun that the planet is overwhelmed by it.
26 of 200 charts here
Stellium in the 12th: Retreat & the unseen
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
Day chart
whether the Sun was above the horizon (day) or below it (night)
132 of 200 charts here
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Willie Nelson: Common Questions
What is Willie Nelson's rising sign?
Willie Nelson has Taurus rising, at 10° 2'. The rising sign is the one on the eastern horizon at birth.
What is Willie Nelson's Moon sign?
Willie Nelson's Moon is in Cancer, in the 2nd house of the chart.
Which planet rules Willie Nelson's chart?
Venus rules the chart, because Venus governs the rising sign Taurus, and it sits in the 1st house in Taurus.
Which element is strongest in Willie Nelson's chart?
Earth, with 5 of the ten planets in Earth signs.