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SZA's birth chart: Scorpio Sun, Pisces Moon, and no fire or air at all
Her own tweets about Scorpio and a Pisces Moon even settled her birth year. At 12:17 PM: Aquarius rising and two four-planet stelliums.
Photo: 刘光曦 / Burst
At a glance
16°20′ Scorpio Sun, 13°52′ Pisces Moon, 3°17′ Aquarius rising.
- Born
- November 8, 198912:17 PM, St. Louis, Missouri
- Sun
- 16°20′ Scorpio10th house
- Moon
- 13°52′ Pisces2nd house
- Rising
- 3°17′ Aquarius11 min in, 78 min to go
- Chart ruler
- Saturn in Capricorn12th house
- Data rating
- Rodden Aa named source
Compare your chart with SZA's3°17′ Aquarius rising, 11 minutes from the nearest sign line.
12:17 PM
How her tweets fixed the year
"Mars sun and mercury ALL in scorpio." Computed: they are.
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Astro-Databank: SZAWhy your rising sign differs between apps
SZA's time comes from a chart an astrologer posted on Twitter after reading for her, introduced (the archive notes) by Kehlani. It gives 12:17 PM on November 8, 1989 in St. Louis, and Astro-Databank rates it A.
The year is the interesting part. Some sources list 1990. But SZA has tweeted "Scorpio sun widda Pisces moon" and "mars sun and mercury ALL in scorpio," and those placements only work for 1989. A November 1990 birthday would give a very different Moon. Her own astrology settled her birth year.
We checked: at 12:17 PM CST the Sun was at 16°20′ Scorpio, the Moon at 13°52′ Pisces, Mercury and Mars in Scorpio, and the ascendant at 3°17′ Aquarius. Every one of her tweeted placements holds.
The sky behind it
1989-11-08 18:17 UTC, 38n38, 90w12. It stays Aquarius for about 11 minutes earlier and 78 minutes later. Method on the hub.
Scorpio, Pisces, Aquarius
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Pisces, Aquarius rising
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The Scorpio Sun sits in the tenth house, the most public point in a whole-sign chart, with Mercury, Mars and Pluto beside it. Scorpio is the sign of depth, secrets and emotional honesty that can feel like a dare. Putting that in the house of career is a vivid image for an artist whose lyrics are often described as unravelling.
The Pisces Moon at 13°52′ is in the second house. It is a water Moon in a water sign Sun's chart, soft, intuitive and porous. In the tradition Pisces Moon people feel the room before anyone speaks.
Aquarius rising at 3 degrees, with the North Node there too, is the cool, slightly detached front door. Aquarius is ruled by Saturn in the old system, and Saturn is in Capricorn in her twelfth house, alongside Venus, Uranus and Neptune.
The sky behind it
Waxing Gibbous, 117.5°. Fire 0 · Earth 4 · Air 0 · Water 6; cardinal 5 · fixed 4 · mutable 1.
Saturn, chart ruler
Mercury on Pluto, and a chart made of water and earth
Count the elements: six planets in water signs, four in earth, zero in fire, zero in air. That is rare and striking. Astrologers read it as a person who works through feeling and the physical, with the airy and fiery qualities supplied by the Aquarius rising and North Node rather than by any planet.
There are two four-planet stelliums: Sun, Mercury, Mars and Pluto in Scorpio in the tenth house, and Venus, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in Capricorn in the twelfth. The tightest aspect in the whole chart is Mercury conjunct Pluto, six-hundredths of a degree from exact. She tweeted that her Mercury makes communication "def wonky"; the tradition reads Mercury-Pluto as words that go straight to the bone.
Her Saturn return was exact on December 19, 2018.
The sky behind it
Tightest aspects (orb): Mercury conjunct Pluto 0.06°; Mars sextile Uranus 0.25°; Saturn conjunct Neptune 0.29°; Venus sextile Mars 0.34°; Jupiter opposite Neptune 0.44°. Stelliums (3+ planets in a sign): Scorpio (Sun, Mercury, Mars, Pluto); Capricorn (Venus, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune).
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Rising sign: 3°17′ Aquarius.
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Rating A
Rodden A: a chart read for her by an astrologer, shared on Twitter (Astrodienst)
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10 bodies, 10 aspects
Aquarius is the 1st house here (whole sign).
| Body | Position | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | 16°20′ Scorpio | 10th |
| Moon | 13°52′ Pisces | 2nd |
| Mercury | 15°06′ Scorpio | 10th |
| Venus | 3°23′ Capricorn | 12th |
| Mars | 3°02′ Scorpio | 10th |
| Jupiter (Rx) | 10°41′ Cancer | 6th |
| Saturn | 9°57′ Capricorn | 12th |
| Uranus | 2°47′ Capricorn | 12th |
| Neptune | 10°14′ Capricorn | 12th |
| Pluto | 15°10′ Scorpio | 10th |
| Ascendant | 3°17′ Aquarius | 1st |
| Midheaven | 24°20′ Scorpio | |
| North Node (mean) | 21°17′ Aquarius | 1st |
| Aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Mercury conjunct Pluto | 0.06° |
| Mars sextile Uranus | 0.25° |
| Saturn conjunct Neptune | 0.29° |
| Venus sextile Mars | 0.34° |
| Jupiter opposite Neptune | 0.44° |
| Venus conjunct Uranus | 0.59° |
| Jupiter opposite Saturn | 0.73° |
| Sun conjunct Pluto | 1.17° |
| Sun conjunct Mercury | 1.23° |
| Moon trine Mercury | 1.23° |
| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Date and time | November 8, 1989, 12:17 PM (UTC-6) |
| Place | St. Louis, Missouri (38n38, 90w12) |
| Source | a chart read for her by an astrologer, shared on Twitter (Astrodienst) |
| Astro-Databank prints | Sun 16°20′, Moon 13°52′, Asc 03°17′ |
| Saturn return | December 19, 2018 |
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 SZA's birth chart?
November 8, 1989, 12:17 PM, St. Louis, Missouri: Sun 16°20′ Scorpio, Moon 13°52′ Pisces, Venus 3°23′ Capricorn, Mars 3°02′ Scorpio, rising 3°17′ Aquarius.
What is SZA's rising sign?
Aquarius, at 3°17′, from a 12:17 PM time an astrologer published after reading her chart (Astro-Databank rating A).
Was SZA born in 1989 or 1990?
1989. Her tweeted placements (Scorpio Sun, Pisces Moon, Mars and Mercury in Scorpio) only fit November 8, 1989, and Astro-Databank uses that year.
What time was SZA born?
12:17 PM, UTC-6; A (from memory or the person's own statement).
