Aretha Franklin birth chart

March 25, 1942
Memphis, United States
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunAries

☽︎MoonCancer

Main elementWater 37%

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Only in this chart

Aretha Franklin is the only chart in NEBO's celebrity base with Sun in Aries, Venus in Aquarius and Saturn in Taurus at once. Lou Reed comes closest: same Venus and Saturn, but Sun in Pisces.

Venus in Aquarius with Mars in Gemini. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 275 here, Roger Daltrey and Haifa Wehbe among them.
Eight different signs. Hardly any doubling up, a spread only 1% of charts here reach.
Mercury and Jupiter swap signs. Mercury in Pisces and Jupiter in Gemini each sit in the other's sign, called mutual reception, also in Najwa Karam's chart, 1 chart in 42 here.

What the chart says

In astrology, an Aries Sun reads as bold and first to act, a Cancer Moon as protective and loyal: signs at a right angle, so outer self and inner self argue, the same pair Milly Alcock carries. By the book, Venus in Aquarius + Mars in Gemini + Saturn in Taurus reads as someone who wants a friend first, fights with words and learns what's enough. Elements run water 37%, fire 30%, air 23%, earth 9%, cardinal first at 56%, the nearest mix to Gege Akutami.

Planets

Red dashes: Mercury square Mars (2.0°), Mercury square Jupiter (3.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♈︎ Aries 4°goes first and asks laternearest chart: belabartok 4°
☽︎Moon · emotions♋︎ Cancerremembers every mood, degree depends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♓︎ Pisces 12°thinks in picturesnearest chart: Ayrton Senna 12°
♀︎Venus · taste♒︎ Aquarius 19°wants a friend firstnearest chart: Alexia Putellas 19°
♂︎Mars · drive♊︎ Gemini 10°fights with wordsnearest chart: Mitski 10°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♊︎ Gemini 15°grows by learning everythingnearest chart: Giacomo Puccini 14°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♉︎ Taurus 24°learns what's enoughnearest chart: Azziad Nasenya 25°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♉︎Uranus in Taurus5% of charts here

♆︎ ♍︎Neptune in Virgo6% of charts here

♇︎ ♌︎Pluto in Leo8% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Sun trine Pluto (0.8°). The ego and the need for control run downhill together, as tight as Aleksandra Ekster’s.
Mercury square Mars (1.5°). The mind keeps colliding with drive, as tight as Larry Bird’s.
Saturn conjunct Uranus (2.5°). Self-control and the rule-breaking streak act as one, as tight as Zoë Kravitz’s.

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Matched by trait profile:

Harry Potter: Fleur Delacour
Marvel: Scarlet Witch
Star Wars: Hera Syndulla
Spy x Family: Yor Forger
Miraculous Ladybug: Zoé Lee
Honkai: Star Rail: Black Swan
Pirates of the Caribbean: Elizabeth Swann

Famous people whose charts click with Aretha Franklin

Pharrell Williams leads at 95%, Raye closes the list at 89%. Scored like NEBO scores friends.

Closest chart twins

Lou Reed, born 23 days earlier: Venus, Jupiter and Saturn match by sign, Sun splits, Aries here against Pisces.
Akira Kurosawa, 32 years earlier, repeats the Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars signs, average gap 24°.
Diana Ross is the nearest in music (1944): same Sun and Mars, split on Mercury and Venus.

Born on March 25

March 25 also belongs to Béla Bartók (1881, music), Elton John (1947, music) and Mikey Madison (1999, film). Memphis is also the birthplace of Morgan Freeman and NLE Choppa. March 25, 1942 was a Wednesday, and the Moon went from first quarter to waxing gibbous.

Among musicians

Of this chart's placements, Moon in Cancer is the rarest among musicians (5%), closest to Aaron Carter and Niccolò Paganini. Aries ranks 5th of 12 Suns here, with Diana Ross and Halle Bailey nearest on the same Sun.