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Capricorn Sun

Elvis Presley birth chart

January 8, 1935
Tupelo, Mississippi
Time unknown: noon chart, no rising sign or houses

☉︎SunCapricorn

☽︎MoonAquariusorPisces

Main elementEarth 68%

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A Capricorn Sun and a career at Sun Records

Elvis Presley's music career began in 1954 at Sun Records, a coincidence astrologers will enjoy beside a Capricorn Sun.

Uranus in Aries is read as sudden new starts, which is one way to look at rockabilly, a fusion of country music and rhythm and blues, with Presley described as a pioneer.

Jupiter in Scorpio sits beside a practical Mercury in Capricorn on paper.

Capricorn reads as the long climb, and the record has the numbers for it: an estimated 500 million records sold, and the most number-one singles by any act on the UK Singles Chart.

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Sun in Capricorn

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Uranus in Aries

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Jupiter in Scorpio

Who shares this sky

Elvis Presley shares this sky. Vasyl Symonenko was born the same day, so the sky is nearly the same, and the split is on the map: Tupelo here, Biivtsi there.

Cardinal at 84%. That puts this chart in the top 1% here for cardinal weight.
Mercury in Capricorn with Jupiter in Scorpio. That pair shows up in 1 chart in 145 here, Albert Schweitzer and Vasyl Symonenko among them.

What the chart says

In astrology, a Capricorn Sun reads as ambitious and long-term, with the Moon in Aquarius or Pisces depending on birth hour. Elements run earth 68%, air 19%, water 10%, fire 3%, cardinal first at 84%, the nearest mix to Maggie Smith.

Planets

Gold lines: Sun sextile Jupiter (1.0°), Mercury sextile Jupiter (4.0°).

☉︎Sun · core♑︎ Capricorn 17°plays the long gamenearest chart: Stephen Hawking 17°
☽︎Moon · emotions♒︎ / ♓︎Aquarius or Piscesdepends on birth hour
☿︎Mercury · mind♑︎ Capricorn 22°plans in five-year chunksnearest chart: José Mourinho 22°
♀︎Venus · taste♑︎ Capricorn 29°trusts what lastsnearest chart: Christian Bale 29°
♂︎Mars · drive♎︎ Libra 12°fights by negotiatingnearest chart: Louis Armstrong 12°
♃︎Jupiter · growth♏︎ Scorpio 18°grows through hard truthsnearest chart: Megan Skiendiel 18°
♄︎Saturn · discipline♒︎ Aquarius 25°learns to belongnearest chart: Vasyl Symonenko 25°

Generational · shared by a whole age group

♅︎ ♈︎Uranus in Aries4% of charts here

♆︎ ♍︎Neptune in Virgo6% of charts here

♇︎ ♋︎Pluto in Cancer9% of charts here

Tightest aspects

Sun sextile Jupiter (0.6°). The ego gets an easy opening from appetite for more, as tight as Friedrich Schiller’s.
Saturn sextile Uranus (1.7°). Self-control gets an easy opening from the rule-breaking streak, as tight as Woody Allen’s.

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Famous people whose charts click with Elvis Presley

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Closest chart twins

Vasyl Symonenko, born the same day, so only hour and place can split these two.
Albert Schweitzer, 60 years earlier, repeats the Sun, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn signs, average gap 25°.
Muhammad Ali Jinnah is the nearest in history (1876): same Sun and Mercury, split on Mars and Jupiter.

Born on January 8

Vasyl Symonenko (arts) was born on the same day of the same year. January 8 also belongs to Valkyrae (1992, creator), Alfred Russel Wallace (1823, science) and Bronislava Nijinska (1891, arts). January 8, 1935 was a Tuesday, and the Moon was a waxing crescent.

Among historical legends

Of this chart's placements, Mercury in Capricorn is the rarest among historical legends (7%), closest to Albert Schweitzer and Ayn Rand. Capricorn ranks 4th of 12 Suns here (10%, against 8% across the base), with Albert Schweitzer and Muhammad Ali Jinnah nearest on the same Sun.