Celebrity charts · Charli XCX
Charli XCX's birth chart: Leo Sun, Virgo Moon, Cancer rising
Her mother gave the time in a filmed chart reading: 2:25 AM in Cambridge. Three planets in Leo, a Virgo Moon, and the Moon as chart ruler.
Photo: Matthew Henry / Burst
At a glance
10°01′ Leo Sun, 25°49′ Virgo Moon, 5°35′ Cancer rising.
- Born
- August 2, 19922:25 AM, Cambridge, England
- Sun
- 10°01′ Leo2nd house
- Moon
- 25°49′ Virgo3rd house
- Rising
- 5°35′ Cancer26 min in, 127 min to go
- Chart ruler
- Moon in Virgo3rd house
- Data rating
- Rodden Aa named source
Compare your chart with Charli's5°35′ Cancer rising, 26 minutes from the nearest sign line.
2:25 AM
The time came from her mum, mid-reading
A mother's memory, captured on film at minute 17.
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Astro-Databank: Charli XCXWhy your rising sign differs between apps
Charli XCX's birth time comes from a filmed astrology reading she sat for. About seventeen minutes in, the time is supplied by her mother: 2:25 AM BST on August 2, 1992, in Cambridge, England. Astro-Databank rates it A, from memory.
At that minute the ascendant was at 5°35′ Cancer. It had been Cancer for about 26 minutes and would stay so for two hours, so a slightly misremembered time would not change the sign.
The Sun at 10°01′ Leo and Moon at 25°49′ Virgo are both mid-sign and do not depend on the exact minute at all.
The sky behind it
1992-08-02 01:25 UTC, 52n13, 0e08. It stays Cancer for about 26 minutes earlier and 127 minutes later. Method on the hub.
Leo, Virgo, Cancer
Sun in Leo, Moon in Virgo, Cancer rising
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- Early August birthday? Compare your Sun, Mercury and Venus with her Leo trio below.
The Leo Sun sits in the second house with Mercury (retrograde) and Venus, a three-planet Leo stellium. Leo is the sign of the spotlight, the party, the big gesture. The second house is the house of values and resources, what you own and stand behind.
The Virgo Moon is in the third house of words and local life, joined by Jupiter. Virgo is the editor: critical, detail-minded and hard-working. Astrologers would read a Virgo Moon in a Leo chart as the person who makes the party look effortless by sweating every detail beforehand.
Cancer rising makes the Moon her chart ruler, so that Virgo Moon carries extra weight in the reading. Cancer on the ascendant is sensitive and protective on first meeting, with a shell that softens fast.
The sky behind it
Waxing Crescent, 45.8°. Fire 3 · Earth 4 · Air 2 · Water 1; cardinal 2 · fixed 5 · mutable 3.
Moon, chart ruler
Jupiter trine Uranus, and Mercury retrograde in Leo
The tightest aspect in the chart is Jupiter trine Uranus, within three-tenths of a degree, from Jupiter in Virgo to Uranus in Capricorn. Astrologers read Jupiter-Uranus as lucky breaks that come from doing something new, the trend-setter aspect. Jupiter also trines Neptune.
Mercury is retrograde in Leo, about a degree and a half from the Sun. A retrograde Mercury in the tradition is a mind that circles back, reworks and remixes. Remix albums would be the obvious joke here.
Mars in Gemini sits in her twelfth house, the private backroom. Her Saturn return was exact on February 1, 2022. In 2026 Saturn is moving through Aries in her tenth house, the career point, and Jupiter in Leo is crossing her second house.
The sky behind it
Tightest aspects (orb): Jupiter trine Uranus 0.28°; Sun conjunct Mercury 1.38°; Jupiter trine Neptune 1.61°; Uranus conjunct Neptune 1.90°; Neptune sextile Pluto 3.19°. Stelliums (3+ planets in a sign): Leo (Sun, Mercury, Venus).
You and Charli
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Rising sign: 5°34′ Cancer.
More to read
Shorter reads. Each opens in place.
2026-2027
Charli, Aries Saturn, Leo Jupiter
Saturn: 10th house. Jupiter: 2nd, then Virgo (3rd) from December 31, 2027. First Saturn return: on February 1, 2022, done.
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Rating A
Rodden A: her mother, quoted in a filmed chart reading (Craft)
English singer, songwriter and director who rose to fame with Icona Pop's "I Love It" (2013) and released the album Brat in 2024. Why we stop at A is on the hub.
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10 bodies, 9 aspects
Cancer is the 1st house here (whole sign).
| Body | Position | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 10°01′ Leo | 2nd |
| Moon | 25°49′ Virgo | 3rd |
| Mercury (Rx) | 11°23′ Leo | 2nd |
| Venus | 23°36′ Leo | 2nd |
| Mars | 4°14′ Gemini | 12th |
| Jupiter | 15°21′ Virgo | 3rd |
| Saturn (Rx) | 15°32′ Aquarius | 8th |
| Uranus (Rx) | 15°04′ Capricorn | 7th |
| Neptune (Rx) | 16°57′ Capricorn | 7th |
| Pluto | 20°09′ Scorpio | 5th |
| Ascendant | 5°35′ Cancer | 1st |
| Midheaven | 0°12′ Pisces | |
| North Node (mean) | 28°28′ Sagittarius | 6th |
| Aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Jupiter trine Uranus | 0.28° |
| Sun conjunct Mercury | 1.38° |
| Jupiter trine Neptune | 1.61° |
| Uranus conjunct Neptune | 1.90° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 3.19° |
| Venus square Pluto | 3.44° |
| Mercury opposite Saturn | 4.15° |
| Saturn square Pluto | 4.61° |
| Sun opposite Saturn | 5.53° |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Date and time | August 2, 1992, 2:25 AM (UTC+1) |
| Place | Cambridge, England (52n13, 0e08) |
| Source | her mother, quoted in a filmed chart reading (Craft) |
| Astro-Databank prints | Sun 10°01′, Moon 25°49′, Asc 05°34′ |
| Saturn return | February 1, 2022 |
All times are UTC. In the Americas the local date can be a day earlier; in Asia and Australia a day later.
Quick answers
What is Charli XCX's birth chart?
August 2, 1992, 2:25 AM, Cambridge, England: Sun 10°01′ Leo, Moon 25°49′ Virgo, Venus 23°36′ Leo, Mars 4°14′ Gemini, rising 5°35′ Cancer.
What is Charli XCX's rising sign?
Cancer, at 5°35′, from a 2:25 AM time her mother gave during a filmed reading (Astro-Databank rating A).
What is Charli XCX's moon sign?
Virgo, at 25°49′, in the third house of a whole-sign chart, alongside Jupiter.
What time was Charli XCX born?
2:25 AM, UTC+1; A (from memory or the person's own statement).
