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Maya Angelou.

4 April 1928 · 14:10 · St. Louis, Missouri

Maya Angelou's birth chart: Sun in Aries, Moon in Libra, Leo rising. Born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri.

About this chart

What is Maya Angelou's sun sign?

Maya Angelou's sun is in Aries.

What is Maya Angelou's moon sign?

Maya Angelou's moon is in Libra.

What is Maya Angelou's rising sign?

Maya Angelou's Rising (Ascendant) is Leo.

When and where was Maya Angelou born?

Maya Angelou was born April 4, 1928 in St. Louis, Missouri.

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Plate inativity of Maya Angelou4 April 1928 · 14:10
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The Big Three

The Sun is who you are becoming, the Moon is what you need, the Rising is how you arrive. Read together, they are the working summary of the chart.

Your Sun in Aries is the core self, your Moon in Libra is the inner emotional life, and your Leo Rising is how you arrive. Your three pillars run on two elements, which gives you a primary nature with a real counterweight. The mix of air and fire means you are not all one thing, and the tension between the two is part of what makes you interesting and occasionally divided against yourself. These three together are the spine of the whole chart.

SunAries · 9th house

The self proves itself by what it begins. Direct, competitive, allergic to anything that smells like waiting. The pioneer, the fighter, the one who needs the friction of pushback to feel real. Lesson: you exist before you act. You come alive at the horizon. Meaning, philosophy, travel and the wider world are where identity is found, and the search itself is central to the work.

MoonLibra · 2nd house

Feeling is regulated through relationship. Comfort comes from beauty, from harmony, from the mirror of another person. The shadow is losing the self in the management of someone else's mood. Security is tied to what you have. The body needs to feel held by tangible things, and the relationship with money runs deep and emotional. Comfort and worth are the same instinct.

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RisingLeo · the doorway

You arrive into the light. The temperature of a space changes when you cross the threshold, whether you intended it or not. People reorganise themselves around your presence. Your chart ruler is Sun, in Aries in the 9th house: the planet that steers the whole chart, and the first place to look for how your Leo rising actually moves through the world.

Your North Star

The lunar nodes are the chart's North Star: not a trait but a direction. The North Node names the unfamiliar growth you are here to move toward; the South Node is what you are leaving.

North NodeGemini · 10th house

The pull is toward Gemini: curiosity, the local and specific, listening, the question rather than the verdict. The familiar groove is Sagittarius: the sweeping answer, the belief already held. Growth is staying genuinely interested in what you do not yet know.

South NodeSagittarius · 4th house

The South Node in Sagittarius (4th house) is the opposite shore: the gifts and habits you already over-rely on. It is the comfort zone the chart is asking you to move away from.

Finer detail: element, decan, and degree

Element. The North Node sits in air territory.

The decan. The North Node sits in the 2nd decan: the sign filtered through Libra; its instinct softened and complicated by a second flavour.

Chart Ruler

Leo rising puts the Sun in charge of the whole chart. Your ruler is also one of the lights: the vehicle you travel in is the same force at your core.

The Sun · chart rulerAries · 9th house

You come alive at the horizon. Meaning, philosophy, travel and the wider world are where identity is found, and the search itself is central to the work.

Public Face

The Midheaven is not only career; it is the aura you emit in your zone, what a room senses you are for. The IC, opposite it, is the private root that aura grows from.

MC
MidheavenTaurus · the 10th house

With Taurus on the Midheaven, a room senses steadiness: someone solid, unhurried, trustworthy with what matters.

IC
ICScorpio · the 4th house

With Scorpio on the IC, home is where depth is allowed: loyalty, secrets, and roots that remake themselves.

Planets & Patterns

The planets are the cast: ten drives, each in a sign that colours it and a house that gives it a stage. Read down the roster, then see the aspects (the lines where one planet is locked in conversation with another) and the larger patterns they form together.

Of the ten planets, the weight falls in fire and cardinal signs: will. Passion. Spirit. The energy of action and inspiration.

Every planet, placed

Each planet below carries its one-line job. Tap a row to unfold the full reading, and the fine print where there is any.

The aspects that define you
The patterns they fall into

The Houses

If the planets are the actors, the houses are the twelve rooms they act in. Each room carries a sign on its door, a ruler that ties it to a planet elsewhere in the chart, and sometimes tenants living inside it. Tap any house to open the full reading: the sign, the ruler chain, and who lives there.

Uranus, Neptune & Pluto

Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto name the slow forces in your chart. Skip the generation essay for a moment: what matters is which house each one hits in your life. That is where freedom, vision, or deep change stops being abstract and becomes personal. For the long definitions, use the glossary.

UranusAries · 8th house

where you break from the past. Why it matters for youIn your 8th house (intimacy, shared resources, and deep change), this planet breaks stale patterns and invents a freer way forward. This is where you cannot stay small or copy the old script. Freedom here is not a mood: it is a requirement.The gift in your 8th houseIn intimacy, depth, the shared, you can offer originality, sudden insight, and the nerve to do it differently.

Optional backdrop: Uranus in Aries

A generation that rebels in the first person, rewriting what selfhood means.

Want the long form? Open Uranus in the glossary →

NeptuneLeo · 1st house

where you dream and dissolve. Why it matters for youIn your 1st house (how you show up, your body, and first impressions), this planet softens hard edges, opens imagination, and blurs what is fake. This is where you feel more than the room admits, and where vision or fog can both get loud. Clarity here is sacred.The gift in your 1st houseIn self, body, first impression, you can offer imagination, real empathy, and a channel past the surface.

Optional backdrop: Neptune in Leo

An era that dreams of universal creativity, the spiritualising of celebrity and self-expression.

Want the long form? Open Neptune in the glossary →

PlutoCancer · 11th house

where you are remade. Why it matters for youIn your 11th house (friends, community, and the future you build), this planet ends what is finished and rebuilds power from the root. This is where life asks you to strip the false layer and keep what is real. Intensity here is information, not a flaw.The gift in your 11th houseIn friends, community, future, you can offer regenerative depth and the power to rebuild after endings.

Optional backdrop: Pluto in Cancer

An era that remakes home, family and nation, putting belonging through death and rebirth.

Want the long form? Open Pluto in the glossary →

Wound & Shadow

Chiron is the tender place that becomes medicine. Lilith is the part of you that refuses to perform. Short takes below: for the full wound and shadow maps, open the glossary.

Chiron · the woundTaurus · 9th house

The wound is worth and security: a scarcity that fears change and quietly doubts you deserve comfort or abundance, often rooted in early instability. The body may brace against pleasure as if something will be taken back. It plays out most loudly in the 9th house (belief, travel, meaning). Full Chiron in the glossary →

Black Moon Lilith · the shadowScorpio · 3rd house

Lilith is the part of you that sees under the mask and will not pretend you did not. It is depth that was called inappropriate. The medicine is a life where that depth is the point, not the problem. That part of you surfaces most loudly in the 3rd house (mind, words, siblings): the room where the untamed self will not stay quiet. Full Lilith in the glossary →

Shadow Work

This chart runs on fire. Every element has a low expression and a high one: the work is knowing which way you are tilting, and the mantra that walks you back.

At your worst

Burnout and scorched ground. Unchecked, the fire runs on ego and impatience: starting everything, finishing little, mistaking heat for progress and leaving people singed.

The middle ground

The everyday work is pacing. Channel the spark into one or two real things, let them burn slow, and check who is standing in the blast radius before you ignite.

At your best

A genuine source of warmth and momentum. At your best the fire is courage that moves a whole room: you start what others only talk about and you make the brave choice look obvious.

“My fire is a tool, not a verdict: I choose where it burns.”

Full Potential

Leave with five hard lines about yourself. Not a life sentence: a pocket map. Everything above was the chart talking. This is what it says about you.

  1. You carry heat: you can start what other people only discuss.
  2. You are built to begin. Your life opens when you stop waiting for a cleaner invitation.
  3. At core you are here to act, not to rehearse courage forever.
  4. You need harmony and a mirror that treats you as an equal.
  5. People meet your warmth first: present, visible, hard to ignore.

Want the language behind these lines? Browse the glossary → Sun, Moon, Rising, elements, and the slow planets all open there.

Asteria · the chart, wholeThe chart as one person.

Not a list of placements. The balance, the dominant, the spine, and how they bind.

The signature

At a glance, yours is a fire, cardinal chart led by the Sun in Aries. That is the shorthand. Here is what it actually means, woven together.

The elemental nature

a fire-dominant chart, which means you run on enthusiasm, instinct, and the urge to act. You lead with passion and warmth, you initiate easily, and you can struggle to slow down, sit still, or stay patient with the slow and the practical.

Missing: Little or no earth can mean the practical and material do not come naturally, and grounding, follow-through, and the patience of the slow build are skills you develop rather than instincts you were born with. You may lean on earthy people to anchor you.

The way you operate

By mode, your chart is cardinal-heavy, which makes you an initiator. You start things, you open new chapters, and you set rooms in motion. The work is in seeing things through after the spark, not just kicking off the next one.

What leads the chart

Your Sun is the loudest force in your chart, which doubles down on identity, will, and the drive to be fully yourself. You are solar, centered on who you are and the need to shine, more than most people are. That force expresses through Aries, so its tone colors the whole chart, the dominant note played in a Aries key.

The spine, your Big Three

Aries Sun · Libra Moon · Leo rising Your Sun in Aries is the core self, your Moon in Libra is the inner emotional life, and your Leo Rising is how you arrive. Your three pillars run on two elements, which gives you a primary nature with a real counterweight. The mix of air and fire means you are not all one thing, and the tension between the two is part of what makes you interesting and occasionally divided against yourself. These three together are the spine of the whole chart.

The element balance
Elements
Fire
46%
Earth
8%
Air
26%
Water
20%
Asteria · the patternsThe aspect patterns in your chart.

Shapes three or more planets make together: the geometry that binds the chart as a system.

Stellium in Ariescommon
three or more planets clustered in Aries: Jupiter, Sun, Uranus

In your chart, Jupiter, Sun, Uranus gather in Aries. A stellium in Aries concentrates the chart on starting, fighting for a self, and moving first. You carry a packed charge of will and impatience in the same place: identity is not a theory here, it is action.

gift

Tremendous focus through Aries: you can become unusually skilled where that sign lives in your life.

difficulty

So much Aries energy can crowd the rest of the chart. Watch for obsession with that theme, or for the planets inside the cluster blurring into one loud voice.

release point

Balance a Aries stellium by developing the opposite sign and house: the room that gives the concentration somewhere to exhale. The ruling planet of Aries is also a discharge valve.

T-Square · apex Plutocommon
an opposition under pressure from Pluto (Moon, Pluto, Sun)

In your chart, Moon, Pluto, Sun form a T-square with Pluto at the focal point. That is where the pressure collects and where life keeps asking for action. The empty leg, Capricorn, is the missing corner that balances the grind when you develop it on purpose.

gift

Relentless motivation through Pluto: you get things done because the tension will not let you coast.

difficulty

Pluto can feel overworked or sore, and the opposition behind it can swing between poles if it is never integrated.

release point

Channel the pressure toward Capricorn, the sign opposite the apex. Consciously building that empty quality is how a T-square stops grinding and starts building.

T-Square · apex Plutocommon
an opposition under pressure from Pluto (Jupiter, Moon, Pluto)

In your chart, Jupiter, Moon, Pluto form a T-square with Pluto at the focal point. That is where the pressure collects and where life keeps asking for action. The empty leg, Capricorn, is the missing corner that balances the grind when you develop it on purpose.

gift

Relentless motivation through Pluto: you get things done because the tension will not let you coast.

difficulty

Pluto can feel overworked or sore, and the opposition behind it can swing between poles if it is never integrated.

release point

Channel the pressure toward Capricorn, the sign opposite the apex. Consciously building that empty quality is how a T-square stops grinding and starts building.

Asteria · the geometryThe tightest aspects between your planets.

The closest conversations in the chart: where two planets sit at an exact angle and never stop talking. Tightest orb first; these are the loudest.

Sun square Plutoorb 0.18°

In you, the Sun grinds against Pluto, bringing together your core identity and will and your relationship to power and deep change. They pull in directions that do not agree, an inner friction that becomes real growth when you work it rather than avoid it. This is one of the knots you are here to untangle.

Jupiter square Plutoorb 1.13°

In you, Jupiter grinds against Pluto, bringing together your faith, growth, and excess and your relationship to power and deep change. They pull in directions that do not agree, an inner friction that becomes real growth when you work it rather than avoid it. This is one of the knots you are here to untangle.

Mars opposition Neptuneorb 1.21°

In you, Mars sits opposite Neptune, bringing together your drive and how you assert yourself and your imagination, longing, and the dissolving impulse. They hold opposite ends of one axis, each demanding its due, often felt as a swing between the two or projected onto the people around you. The work is holding both rather than choosing one.

Mercury conjunction Venusorb 1.31°

In you, Mercury is fused with Venus, bringing together your mind and how you communicate and your capacity for love and pleasure. They act as one force, each unable to operate without the other, permanently blended and amplifying each other for better and for more intense.

Sun conjunction Jupiterorb 1.31°

In you, the Sun is fused with Jupiter, bringing together your core identity and will and your faith, growth, and excess. They act as one force, each unable to operate without the other, permanently blended and amplifying each other for better and for more intense.

Asteria · flow & frictionGifts & Challenges

Every chart runs on flow and friction. The gifts are where the energy already moves easily; the challenges are where it meets resistance: the places that ask for effort and pay it back as range and strength.

This chart runs on an even mix of flow and friction: real ease in some places, real effort in others, and range that comes from holding both.

Where it flows
Moon trine North Nodeorb 0.4°

A natural, flowing ease: Moon and North Node feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Pluto trine Black Moon Lilithorb 0.7°

A natural, flowing ease: Pluto and Black Moon Lilith feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Sun exalted in Arieslifted

Sun is exalted: amplified and well-placed, giving back more than it costs you to use it.

Venus exalted in Pisceslifted

Venus is exalted: amplified and well-placed, giving back more than it costs you to use it.

Saturn sextile Part of Fortuneorb 1.4°

An easy, available link: Saturn and Part of Fortune feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Black Moon Lilith sextile Vertexorb 2.0°

An easy, available link: Black Moon Lilith and Vertex feed each other with almost no effort. This is talent that shows up early and runs in the background.

Where it works
T-Squarepattern

A standing tension that drives output: a whole-chart tension that drives a lot of your output.

T-Squarepattern

A standing tension that drives output: a whole-chart tension that drives a lot of your output.

Sun square Plutoorb 0.2°

A productive friction: the pull between Sun and Pluto never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Moon square Vertexorb 0.9°

A productive friction: the pull between Moon and Vertex never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Jupiter square Plutoorb 1.1°

A productive friction: the pull between Jupiter and Pluto never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

Mars opposition Neptuneorb 1.2°

A polarity asking to be balanced: the pull between Mars and Neptune never fully settles, and that restless charge is exactly what keeps you growing here.

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Chart data for Maya Angelou
PointPositionHouseNotes
Sun14°48' Aries9th houseexaltation, chart ruler
Moon11°21' Libra2nd house·
Mercury20°25' Pisces8th housedetriment
Venus21°44' Pisces8th houseexaltation
Mars27°53' Aquarius7th house·
Jupiter16°07' Aries9th house·
Saturn19°05' Sagittarius4th houseretrograde
Uranus4°01' Aries8th house·
Neptune26°40' Leo1st houseretrograde
Pluto14°59' Cancer11th house·
Chiron4°21' Taurus9th house·
North Node10°58' Gemini10th houseretrograde
South Node10°58' Sagittarius4th houseretrograde
Black Moon Lilith14°15' Scorpio3rd house·
Part of Fortune20°30' Aquarius6th house·
Vertex12°14' Capricorn5th house·
Aspects
FromAspectToOrbPhase
sunsquarepluto0.18°applying
moontrinenorth-node0.37°separating
plutotrinelilith0.73°applying
moonsquarevertex0.88°applying
jupitersquarepluto1.13°separating
marsoppositionneptune1.21°separating
mercuryconjunctionvenus1.31°applying
sunconjunctionjupiter1.31°applying
mercurysquaresaturn1.34°separating
saturnsextilepart-of-fortune1.42°separating
lilithsextilevertex2.02°separating
sunsquarevertex2.57°separating
venussquaresaturn2.65°separating
plutooppositionvertex2.75°separating
jupitertrinesaturn2.97°applying
sunoppositionmoon3.45°applying
moonsquarepluto3.64°applying
sunsextilenorth-node3.83°separating
jupitersquarevertex3.88°separating
suntrinesaturn4.28°applying
moonoppositionjupiter4.77°applying
mercurytrinepluto5.44°separating
sunsextilepart-of-fortune5.71°applying
moonoppositionuranus7.33°separating
mercurysemisextilepart-of-fortune0.08°applying
saturnsesquiquadratechiron0.27°separating
moonsemisquareneptune0.32°separating
uranussemisextilechiron0.33°separating
plutobiquintilepart-of-fortune0.48°separating
sunquincunxlilith0.55°separating
neptunesesquiquadratevertex0.56°separating
marssemisquarevertex0.65°separating
mercurysemisquarechiron1.07°separating
venussemisextilepart-of-fortune1.23°separating
north-nodequincunxvertex1.26°separating
uranusbiquintileneptune1.35°separating
plutoquintilechiron1.37°separating
uranussemisquarepart-of-fortune1.49°applying
moonsesquiquadratemars1.53°applying
jupiterquincunxlilith1.86°separating
sunsemisquaremars1.92°separating