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Dua Lipa's birth chart: the night she found out she was Gemini rising
For years she said Libra rising. In 2023 she posted 00:18 on August 22, 1995, and her chart changed: Leo Sun, Cancer Moon, Gemini rising.
Photo: Sam Jotham Sutharson / Burst
At a glance
28°25′ Leo Sun, 10°23′ Cancer Moon, 22°28′ Gemini rising.
- Born
- August 22, 199512:18 AM, Westminster, England
- Sun
- 28°25′ Leo3rd house
- Moon
- 10°23′ Cancer2nd house
- Rising
- 22°28′ Gemini76 min in, 32 min to go
- Chart ruler
- Mercury in Virgo4th house
- Data rating
- Rodden Aa named source
Compare your chart with Dua's22°28′ Gemini rising, 32 minutes from the nearest sign line.
12:18 AM
Three birth times, one Instagram comment
"00:18 on the 22nd of august which makes me leo.gemini.cancer." Our computation agrees.
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Astro-Databank: Dua LipaWhy your rising sign differs between apps
Dua Lipa's chart has the best plot twist on this list. In 2018 she shared a table of chart degrees that implied 11:45 PM. In 2020 and again in 2022 she told interviewers she was Libra rising, which fits 11:45 AM, and her astrologer said the same in a chat a reader sent to Astro-Databank.
Then in August 2023 she posted on Instagram, "yesterday I found out i'm actually a gemini rising," and added in the comments: "00:18 on the 22nd of august which makes me leo.gemini.cancer." Astro-Databank now lists 00:18 with a rating of A, from her own statement, and the registration index confirms Westminster.
We ran it: at 00:18 BST the ascendant was at 22°28′ Gemini, with the Sun at 28°25′ Leo and the Moon at 10°23′ Cancer. Exactly her "leo.gemini.cancer." Note the date too: just after midnight on the 22nd, not late on the 21st.
The sky behind it
1995-08-21 23:18 UTC, 51n30, 0w09. It stays Gemini for about 76 minutes earlier and 32 minutes later. Method on the hub.
Leo, Cancer, Gemini
Sun in Leo, Moon in Cancer, Gemini rising
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The Leo Sun at 28°25′ is late in the sign, two days from Virgo, and sits in the third house of voice. Venus is right beside it, conjunct within about a quarter of a degree. Leo is the performer's sign, and astrologers read a Sun-Venus pairing as charm that is hard to separate from the person.
The Cancer Moon is in the second house, the house of what you value and keep. She has described herself in interviews as tough in her work and then quick to cry, which is the exact Leo-Cancer contrast astrologers like to describe. We will leave the self-analysis to her.
Gemini rising at 22 degrees is the newest piece. Gemini on the ascendant is quick, chatty, curious and hard to pin down. Its ruler, Mercury, is in Virgo in the fourth house of home and roots.
The sky behind it
Waning Crescent, 312°. Fire 3 · Earth 3 · Air 1 · Water 3; cardinal 4 · fixed 3 · mutable 3.
Mercury, chart ruler
Saturn at the top of the chart, and a Saturn return in 2025
In a whole-sign chart Dua's Saturn, retrograde in Pisces, sits in the tenth house, the career point, and the Midheaven is in Aquarius, a sign Saturn traditionally rules. Astrologers read Saturn near the top as a career built slowly, with work ethic doing a lot of the heavy lifting.
That Saturn came back to its birth position on March 20, 2025, her first Saturn return. Saturn sextile Neptune, exact within two-tenths of a degree, links that structure to Neptune's music and imagination. Sun square Pluto, just over half a degree, is the intensity aspect: a Leo glow with a Scorpio undertow.
In 2026 Saturn moves through Aries, which falls in her eleventh house of friends, groups and audiences. That is a transit, not a forecast.
The sky behind it
Tightest aspects (orb): Saturn sextile Neptune 0.20°; Sun conjunct Venus 0.27°; Uranus sextile Pluto 0.54°; Sun square Pluto 0.56°; Venus square Pluto 0.82°.
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Rising sign: 22°28′ Gemini.
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2026-2027
Dua, Aries Saturn, Leo Jupiter
Saturn: 11th house. Jupiter: 3rd, then Virgo (4th) from December 31, 2027. First Saturn return: on March 20, 2025, done.
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Rating A
Rodden A: Lipa's own statements about her chart (Astrodienst)
English singer and songwriter whose accolades include seven Brit Awards and three Grammy Awards. Why we stop at A is on the hub.
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10 bodies, 10 aspects
Gemini is the 1st house here (whole sign).
| Body | Position | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 28°25′ Leo | 3rd |
| Moon | 10°23′ Cancer | 2nd |
| Mercury | 19°51′ Virgo | 4th |
| Venus | 28°41′ Leo | 3rd |
| Mars | 19°24′ Libra | 5th |
| Jupiter | 6°06′ Sagittarius | 7th |
| Saturn (Rx) | 23°04′ Pisces | 10th |
| Uranus (Rx) | 27°20′ Capricorn | 8th |
| Neptune (Rx) | 23°16′ Capricorn | 8th |
| Pluto | 27°52′ Scorpio | 6th |
| Ascendant | 22°28′ Gemini | 1st |
| Midheaven | 16°42′ Aquarius | |
| North Node (mean) | 29°26′ Libra | 5th |
| Aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Saturn sextile Neptune | 0.20° |
| Sun conjunct Venus | 0.27° |
| Uranus sextile Pluto | 0.54° |
| Sun square Pluto | 0.56° |
| Venus square Pluto | 0.82° |
| Mercury opposite Saturn | 3.22° |
| Mercury trine Neptune | 3.42° |
| Mars square Neptune | 3.87° |
| Uranus conjunct Neptune | 4.06° |
| Saturn trine Pluto | 4.79° |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Date and time | August 22, 1995, 12:18 AM (UTC+1) |
| Place | Westminster, England (51n30, 0w09) |
| Source | Lipa's own statements about her chart (Astrodienst) |
| Astro-Databank prints | Sun 28°25′, Moon 10°23′, Asc 22°28′ |
| Saturn return | March 20, 2025 |
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 Dua Lipa's birth chart?
August 22, 1995, 12:18 AM, Westminster, England: Sun 28°25′ Leo, Moon 10°23′ Cancer, Venus 28°41′ Leo, Mars 19°24′ Libra, rising 22°28′ Gemini.
Is Dua Lipa Libra rising or Gemini rising?
Gemini rising, at 22°28′, on the 00:18 time she posted on Instagram in August 2023 (Astro-Databank rating A). She had earlier said Libra rising, which fits an 11:45 AM time that turned out to be wrong.
What is Dua Lipa's big three?
Leo Sun (28°25′), Cancer Moon (10°23′) and Gemini rising (22°28′), which matches the "leo.gemini.cancer" she wrote herself.
What time was Dua Lipa born?
12:18 AM, UTC+1; A (from memory or the person's own statement).
