Amy Winehouse Birth Chart

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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Amy Winehouse’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.

ARIES ♈︎TAURUS ♉︎GEMINI ♊︎CANCER ♋︎LEO ♌︎VIRGO ♍︎LIBRA ♎︎SCORPIO ♏︎SAGITTARIUS ♐︎CAPRICORN ♑︎AQUARIUS ♒︎PISCES ♓︎123456789101112Sun conjunction MercurySun square NeptuneSun square North NodeSun square South NodeMoon conjunction NeptuneMoon trine VenusMoon sextile SaturnMoon sextile PlutoMercury square NeptuneMercury square North NodeMercury square South NodeVenus conjunction MarsVenus opposition LilithVenus trine NeptuneVenus trine South NodeVenus sextile PlutoVenus sextile North NodeMars opposition LilithMars trine NeptuneMars trine South NodeMars sextile North NodeJupiter conjunction UranusSaturn conjunction PlutoSaturn sextile NeptuneNeptune conjunction South NodeNeptune opposition North NodeNeptune sextile PlutoPluto trine North NodePluto trine LilithNorth Node trine LilithSouth Node sextile LilithChiron opposition JupiterChiron opposition UranusSun: 21°29′ Virgo21°21°Moon: 0°25′ Capricorn0°0°Mercury: 23°01′ Virgo, retrograde23°23°Venus: 23°12′ Leo, retrograde23°23°Mars: 20°32′ Leo20°20°Jupiter: 4°19′ Sagittarius4°4°Saturn: 1°56′ Scorpio1°1°Uranus: 5°29′ Sagittarius5°5°Neptune: 26°28′ Sagittarius26°26°Pluto: 27°59′ Libra27°27°Chiron: 2°54′ Gemini, retrograde2°2°North Node: 20°15′ Gemini, retrograde20°20°South Node: 20°15′ Sagittarius, retrograde20°20°Lilith: 20°06′ Aquarius20°20°Compact chart: body glyphs and whole degrees. Full positions, retrograde status and houses are in the tables below.ACDCMCIC
Ascendant
Gemini 17°46′
Midheaven
Aquarius 11°59′
Descendant
Sagittarius 17°46′
Imum Coeli
Leo 11°59′
Planet positions
BodySign and degreeHouse
SunVirgo 21°29′5
MoonCapricorn 0°25′7
MercuryVirgo 23°01′Retrograde5
VenusLeo 23°12′Retrograde4
MarsLeo 20°32′4
JupiterSagittarius 4°19′6
SaturnScorpio 1°56′6
UranusSagittarius 5°29′6
NeptuneSagittarius 26°28′7
PlutoLibra 27°59′6
North NodeGemini 20°15′Retrograde1
South NodeSagittarius 20°15′Retrograde7
LilithAquarius 20°06′10
ChironGemini 2°54′Retrograde12

Amy Winehouse · local time · Enfield, England

The recorded birth time is approximate, so the rising sign and houses may differ.

Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden A; Amy Winehouse: Frank official release; Amy Winehouse: Back to Black official release; Recording Academy — remembering Amy Winehouse, musical roundtable; Apple Music — Back to Black, with producer commentary

Amy Winehouse's Sun, Moon and Rising

A Virgo Sun is commonly linked with careful craft and useful details. Virgo notices the word that makes a whole sentence work. Winehouse's songs give that idea a clear place to start. The Recording Academy describes the jazz and soul of Frank. It was her debut album, released in 2003. Listen to how a syllable lands within a musical phrase. The voice draws attention, but the wording does work too. A song sometimes feels conversational because its sentences are so carefully placed.

The Capricorn Moon is often associated with restraint and staying power. Capricorn likes something that holds together beyond the first strong feeling. In music, that brings attention to pace and the shape of a phrase. Winehouse's voice remains recognisable across Frank and Back to Black. The backing changes, yet you still know who is singing. That is a useful Capricorn comparison: continuity inside a different arrangement. The steadiness belongs beside the Virgo attention to small choices. One notices a word; the other gives the line somewhere to settle.

Gemini rising is usually linked with wit, curiosity and a conversational manner. Gemini likes a quick turn of phrase and another angle on a subject. Winehouse's sung delivery offers a lively example of that conversational quality. A line sometimes sounds like someone speaking directly across a table. The rhythm of the words helps create that closeness. The recorded 22:25 time places Gemini at the chart's entrance.

Put the three together and the picture becomes more interesting. Virgo cares about the wording, Capricorn holds the shape, and Gemini keeps it moving. You hear a finished song, yet ordinary speech still seems nearby. That mix gives us more to explore than a label like soulful. It draws attention to the things Winehouse actually made: songs with a voice, a pace and sharply chosen words.

Sun conjunct Mercury: the writing sits close to the voice

Mercury is associated with words, learning and how an idea gets across. In Virgo, it is usually linked with editing and precise choices. Winehouse's Sun and Mercury sit only 1.54° apart. Astrologers call that closeness a conjunction. Think of a main idea with its wording close beside it. The words feel central to what the song is doing.

Apple Music's Back to Black notes include Mark Ronson's recollection of a session. He supplied a piano track, and Winehouse returned with lyrics. That is a concrete piece of the songwriting process. A musical beginning becomes a written song through someone's choices. The conjunction gives us an easy way to picture that closeness. The tune and the words are separate pieces, brought into one expression.

Virgo precision need not sound formal or complicated. A short, everyday phrase often carries more than a longer explanation. Choosing where to pause is part of the craft too. Listen for what happens around the words, not just within them. Winehouse leaves the listener room to hear a phrase's shape. That makes Mercury worth discussing alongside the famous singing voice. It keeps her writing contribution clearly in view.

Moon sextile Saturn: feeling has somewhere to land

Saturn in Scorpio is commonly linked with concentration and firm boundaries. The Moon describes familiar emotional habits in astrology. Winehouse's Moon sextiles Saturn at 1.52° from exact. A sextile is usually read as two different styles helping each other. Here, Capricorn's steady pace meets Scorpio's willingness to stay with something.

For these albums, the useful comparison is the arrangement around the voice. Instruments give a phrase a rhythm and somewhere to land. You hear the singer in relation to that backing. A strong line gains weight from the space around it. The Moon–Saturn pairing makes that relationship easy to talk about. Feeling and musical structure are heard together, even when your attention follows the singer.

This contact is slightly tighter than the Sun–Mercury conjunction. Both deserve attention, and they point toward different parts of the recording. One concerns words near the song's centre. The other concerns the steadiness that helps carry a feeling. Looking at both gives a fuller reading of Winehouse's recorded craft.

Two albums, one recognisable singer

Salaam Remi worked on both Frank and Back to Black. The later album also brought Ronson into the project. Its girl-group references give Winehouse's voice another musical setting. Compare how a phrase follows the beat or briefly pushes against it. You are hearing a singer work within a made arrangement.

The Recording Academy records five wins at the 2008 awards. That documents how widely the work was recognised. Before the awards, there were words, musicians and recording decisions. The Virgo Sun brings us back to those small choices. The Capricorn Moon keeps the held shape in view. Gemini rising adds the quick, speaking quality heard within it. Together they offer a friendly set of listening prompts. Start with one phrase and hear how much is happening inside it.

Reading this chart respectfully

Winehouse's recordings and credited work guide this reading; her private experiences remain her own.

Birth record

Rodden rating A. Astro-Databank rates the maternal account A: Frank Clifford obtained the data through a friend, and Janis Winehouse's published memoir repeats 22:25.

Historical local-time rules determine the chart; ten-planet totals weight Sun/Moon 3 and other planets 1. Sign scores add rising +2; planet scores add +2 in houses 1, 4, 7 or 10 and each major planet-to-planet aspect +max(0, 1 − orb/10). Ties follow zodiac, planet and house order. Compare with your own chart for reflection, never prediction.

Major aspects

The orb measures distance from the exact angle: a smaller number means a tighter aspect.

All calculated major aspects, ordered by orb
Bodies and aspectOrb
North Node trine Lilith0.15°
South Node sextile Lilith0.15°
Mars sextile North Node0.28°
Mars trine South Node0.28°
Mars opposition Lilith0.43°
Jupiter conjunction Uranus1.17°
Sun square South Node1.23°
Sun square North Node1.23°
Chiron opposition Jupiter1.41°
Neptune sextile Pluto1.52°
Moon sextile Saturn1.52°
Sun conjunction Mercury1.54°
Lilith trine Ascendant2.33°
Moon sextile Pluto2.44°
North Node conjunction Ascendant2.48°
South Node opposition Ascendant2.48°
Chiron opposition Uranus2.58°
Venus conjunction Mars2.67°
Mars sextile Ascendant2.76°
Mercury square North Node2.77°
Mercury square South Node2.77°
Venus trine South Node2.95°
Venus sextile North Node2.95°
Venus opposition Lilith3.10°
Venus trine Neptune3.26°
Mercury square Neptune3.45°
Sun square Ascendant3.71°
Moon conjunction Neptune3.95°
Saturn conjunction Pluto3.96°
Venus sextile Pluto4.78°
Sun square Neptune4.99°
Mercury square Ascendant5.25°
Venus sextile Ascendant5.43°
Saturn sextile Neptune5.47°
Mars trine Neptune5.93°
Neptune conjunction South Node6.22°
Neptune opposition North Node6.22°
Moon trine Venus7.22°
Pluto trine North Node7.73°
Pluto trine Lilith7.88°

Chart dominants

These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.

Top signs
Virgo (4) · Sagittarius (3) · Capricorn (3).
Virgo: improving details through practical work; Sagittarius: exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly; Capricorn: working toward a lasting result with structure.
Top planets
Moon (7.49) · Neptune (7.14) · Venus (5.21).
Moon: emotional habits; Neptune: imagination and ideals; Venus: taste and appreciation.
Top houses
House 5 (4) · House 6 (4) · House 7 (4).
House 5: creativity and play; House 6: routines and craft; House 7: partnership and collaboration.
Dominant element
Earth (7 points).
Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
Dominant modality
Mutable (7 points).
Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.

Placements at a glance

  • Sun in Virgo: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through improving details through practical work.
  • Moon in Capricorn: in astrology, emotional habits is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
  • Mercury in Virgo: in astrology, communication and learning is read through improving details through practical work.
  • Venus in Leo: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
  • Mars in Leo: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through expressing a distinct voice and making it visible.
  • Jupiter in Sagittarius: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
  • Saturn in Scorpio: in astrology, discipline and limits is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
  • Uranus in Sagittarius: in astrology, experimentation and change is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
  • Neptune in Sagittarius: in astrology, imagination and ideals is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
  • Pluto in Libra: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through balancing different perspectives and noticing presentation.
  • North Node in Gemini: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
  • South Node in Sagittarius: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
  • Lilith in Aquarius: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through taking an independent angle and thinking about groups.
  • Chiron in Gemini: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
  • Gemini rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.

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