Birth chart

Maya Angelou

Actors1928 – 2014Born 4 April 1928 · St. Louistime unknown

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Time unknown — no reliable birth time, so houses and the Ascendant are left out and the Moon is shown as a range.

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Sun

Aries

Moon

Libra

Rising

Unknown

The Ascendant needs an exact birth time, which we don't have for this chart.

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Jupiter · orb 1°23′Sun trine Saturn · orb 4°22′Sun square Pluto · orb 0°16′Sun sextile North Node · orb 3°43′Sun trine South Node · orb 3°43′Mercury conjunct Venus · orb 1°20′Mercury square Saturn · orb 1°12′Venus square Saturn · orb 2°32′Mars opposite Neptune · orb 1°08′Jupiter trine Saturn · orb 2°60′Jupiter square Pluto · orb 1°06′Pluto trine Lilith · orb 0°44′Sun — Aries 14°43′ · +0.98°/day14°43′Mercury — Pisces 20°17′ · +1.45°/day20°17′Venus — Pisces 21°37′ · +1.23°/day21°37′Mars — Aquarius 27°48′ · +0.77°/day27°48′Jupiter — Aries 16°05′ · +0.24°/day16°05′Saturn — Sagittarius 19°05′ ℞ · −0.01°/day19°05′Uranus — Aries 4°01′ · +0.06°/day4°01′Neptune — Leo 26°40′ ℞ · −0.02°/day26°40′Pluto — Cancer 14°59′ · +0.00°/day14°59′North Node — Gemini 10°59′ ℞ · −0.17°/day10°59′South Node — Sagittarius 10°59′ ℞ · −0.17°/day10°59′Chiron — Taurus 4°21′ · +0.06°/day4°21′Lilith — Scorpio 14°15′ · +0.11°/day14°15′
AspectsAngles (ASC/MC)· Hover a planet or aspect for details

Positions from a Swiss-ephemeris engine · houses & angles omitted (time unknown)

Reading the placements

These notes describe the chart, not the person — a lens for reflection.

Sun in Aries

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is the part of you that wants to be expressed — your core sense of 'I'. In Aries it tends to move first and reflect later: a pull toward starting things, meeting life directly, and trusting your own initiative. Others often read this as courage, sometimes as impatience, and often both in the same afternoon. The invitation is less about taming the drive than noticing where it serves you and where a slower breath would serve you too. You keep waiting on a go-ahead that, with this placement, was always yours to hand yourself the moment you moved.

Moon in Libra

In the astrological tradition, the Moon describes your emotional needs — and in Libra those needs bend toward connection and calm. You feel most yourself in balance: an easy conversation, a fair arrangement, a room where no one is at odds. Beauty settles you, and so does knowing where you stand with someone. The soft spot is conflict. To keep the peace you may agree too quickly, tucking your own preference away until you are no longer sure what it was. Harmony matters, and it holds more when it includes you. The quieter practice here is keeping your own preference in the room even while you ease everyone else's out of tension.

The astronomy

The raw computed positions behind this chart — the same numbers any ephemeris would give.

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunAries 14°43′
MercuryPisces 20°17′
VenusPisces 21°37′
MarsAquarius 27°48′
JupiterAries 16°05′
SaturnSagittarius 19°05′
UranusAries 4°01′
NeptuneLeo 26°40′
PlutoCancer 14°59′
North NodeGemini 10°59′
South NodeSagittarius 10°59′
ChironTaurus 4°21′
LilithScorpio 14°15′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°16′
  • 1°23′
  • 1°08′
  • 0°44′
  • 1°20′
  • 1°06′
  • 1°12′
  • 3°43′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Fire53%
Water33%
Air13%
Earth0%

Leading: Fire

Modalities

Cardinal43%
Mutable37%
Fixed20%

Leading: Cardinal

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