Katy Perry Birth Chart
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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Katy Perry’s chart. The angle list gives the Ascendant, Midheaven, Descendant and Imum Coeli; the table below lists planet positions and house numbers.
- Ascendant
- Scorpio 10°46′
- Midheaven
- Leo 16°31′
- Descendant
- Taurus 10°46′
- Imum Coeli
- Aquarius 16°31′
| Body | Sign and degree | House |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio 2°22′ | 12 |
| Moon | Scorpio 17°56′ | 1 |
| Mercury | Scorpio 11°59′ | 1 |
| Venus | Sagittarius 6°32′ | 1 |
| Mars | Capricorn 14°24′ | 3 |
| Jupiter | Capricorn 7°48′ | 2 |
| Saturn | Scorpio 17°05′ | 1 |
| Uranus | Sagittarius 11°25′ | 2 |
| Neptune | Sagittarius 29°12′ | 2 |
| Pluto | Scorpio 2°04′ | 12 |
| North Node | Taurus 28°43′Retrograde | 7 |
| South Node | Scorpio 28°43′Retrograde | 1 |
| Lilith | Aries 5°37′ | 5 |
| Chiron | Gemini 7°37′Retrograde | 7 |
Katy Perry · local time · Santa Barbara, California
Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden AA; Recording Academy — Teenage Dream’s album and visual legacy; Vogue — Jeremy Scott on Katy Perry’s four Super Bowl looks
Katy Perry's Sun, Moon and Rising
Sun in Scorpio is commonly associated with focus and a strong central interest. Scorpio likes to stay with a subject and make it count. Perry's Teenage Dream era offers a colourful example. Songs, videos and touring imagery belonged to a recognisable album world.
The Recording Academy's retrospective names California Gurls, Firework and E.T. These songs had different visual ideas around them, and the project still held together as a particular era. That gives the Scorpio reading something more specific than a dark colour palette. Concentration is about keeping the idea clear, whatever colours it uses.
Moon in Scorpio is usually linked with deep feeling and sustained emotional attention. The repeated sign adds emphasis, but changes what we are considering. The Sun describes the main direction. The Moon brings attention to a response and its familiar rhythm.
Think about hearing several songs within one concert. Each creates a different moment with the audience, and the performer and the complete show remain recognisable. Scorpio gives us a way to notice the strength of those individual moments. The bright visual presentation still has a concentrated centre.
Scorpio rising is associated with a memorable entrance and a strong first impression. Perry's 2015 Super Bowl show provides an actual event to explore. Vogue's interview with Jeremy Scott identifies four looks he designed. The costumes made separate visual entrances within one performance.
The three Scorpio placements invite three different things to notice. What keeps the project recognisable? How does each song meet the audience? What makes the entrance clear? Perry's named videos and costume collaboration give those ideas plenty of visible colour.
Sun beside Pluto: keep the album's identity strong
Pluto in Scorpio is associated with intensity and a wish for deep change. It sits beside Perry's Sun at 0.29°, and that is a very close conjunction. The main direction and its intensity become hard to separate. Scorpio adds a wish to stay with the central idea.
Teenage Dream's videos give this pairing a concrete place to begin. The Academy's retrospective describes Firework's pyrotechnic imagery and E.T.'s science-fiction setting. The scenes differ, yet belong to the same album project. A clear identity survives a change of scenery.
That is a useful Sun–Pluto comparison to watch. Start with what makes each video recognisable on its own. Then consider what connects them to the larger era. Scorpio draws attention to that strong centre. The intensity lives in the commitment to a particular creative world. It has room for spectacle and playful imagery too.
Moon beside Saturn: the moment needs a place in the show
Saturn in Scorpio is linked with sustained responsibility and clear limits. It sits beside the Moon at 0.86°, and the Moon describes a response. Saturn gives it a definite shape, and their close conjunction brings expression and structure together.
The Super Bowl performance makes a helpful public example. Scott's four costume designs belong to one scheduled show. Each appearance needs to happen within that sequence. A memorable visual moment also has a practical place in the performance.
Think about the difference between imagining an outfit and changing into it during a song. The image has to work at the right time, and Scorpio Moon gives the moment weight. Saturn asks how it fits the complete show. Read the pairing beside Sun and Pluto. One connects the main identity with intensity. The other connects the individual response with a dependable performance structure.
Mercury sextile Mars: the costume has to move
Mercury in Scorpio is associated with a clear, concentrated message. Mars in Capricorn favours purposeful action and practical steps, and their sextile is 2.42° from exact. Mercury gives the idea words or shape, and Mars gets it into motion.
Scott's Vogue interview considers what a costume needs to do for a moving performer. Perry's show gives that question a particular event and designer. A look has to communicate while being worn through the performance. Its appearance and practical use meet each other.
That makes the sextile easier to picture than a broad claim about ambition. The design establishes an idea. The performer has to carry it through an actual sequence. Scorpio Mercury keeps the message strong, and Capricorn Mars asks whether the next step works. The complete show gives both approaches something concrete to do.
Venus in Sagittarius: give the imagery room to play
Venus in Sagittarius is linked with varied tastes and an appetite for exploration. It adds something different beside all that Scorpio. A concentrated project still has room for an expansive look. Perry's album videos and halftime costumes provide several examples to consider.
Try looking at their scale before focusing on the individual details. A visual idea reaches an audience through a bigger scene. Sagittarius Venus encourages that range, and Scorpio keeps the centre recognisable as the scene changes. Reading both makes the chart more useful than expecting every Scorpio image to be serious. The public work gives us bright examples with a definite creative identity.
Reading this chart respectfully
Perry's released music and documented costumes are the examples here; the reading leaves her personal feelings and relationships to her.
Birth record
Rodden rating AA. Current ADB record reports a birth certificate held by collector R. Craft.
This time comes from a record.
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.
| Bodies and aspect | Orb |
|---|---|
| Sun conjunction Pluto | 0.29° |
| Saturn square Midheaven | 0.57° |
| Moon conjunction Saturn | 0.86° |
| Venus trine Lilith | 0.92° |
| Chiron opposition Venus | 1.07° |
| Mercury conjunction Ascendant | 1.21° |
| Moon square Midheaven | 1.43° |
| Chiron sextile Lilith | 1.99° |
| Jupiter square Lilith | 2.18° |
| Mercury sextile Mars | 2.42° |
| Mars sextile Saturn | 2.67° |
| Neptune sextile Pluto | 2.87° |
| Jupiter sextile Ascendant | 2.96° |
| Sun sextile Neptune | 3.16° |
| Moon sextile Mars | 3.53° |
| Mars sextile Ascendant | 3.64° |
| Chiron opposition Uranus | 3.80° |
| Mercury sextile Jupiter | 4.18° |
| Mercury square Midheaven | 4.53° |
| Venus conjunction Uranus | 4.87° |
| Mercury conjunction Saturn | 5.10° |
| Uranus trine Midheaven | 5.10° |
| Sun sextile Jupiter | 5.44° |
| Jupiter sextile Pluto | 5.73° |
| Uranus trine Lilith | 5.79° |
| Moon conjunction Mercury | 5.96° |
| Saturn conjunction Ascendant | 6.31° |
| Neptune square Lilith | 6.41° |
| Mars conjunction Jupiter | 6.60° |
| South Node trine Lilith | 6.91° |
| Moon conjunction Ascendant | 7.17° |
| Venus opposition North Node | 7.83° |
| Venus conjunction South Node | 7.83° |
Chart dominants
These scores summarize emphasis within this chart, rather than measuring personality or talent. Other scoring methods give different results.
- Top signs
- Scorpio (11) · Sagittarius (3) · Capricorn (2).
- Scorpio: looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material; Sagittarius: exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly; Capricorn: working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Top planets
- Moon (6.96) · Mercury (5.23) · Saturn (5.14).
- Moon: emotional habits; Mercury: communication and learning; Saturn: discipline and limits.
- Top houses
- House 1 (6) · House 12 (4) · House 2 (3).
- House 1: self-presentation; House 12: privacy and reflection; House 2: resources and priorities.
- Dominant element
- Water (9 points).
- Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
- Dominant modality
- Fixed (9 points).
- Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.
Placements at a glance
- Sun in Scorpio: in astrology, identity and purpose is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Moon in Scorpio: in astrology, emotional habits is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Mercury in Scorpio: in astrology, communication and learning is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Venus in Sagittarius: in astrology, taste and appreciation is read through exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly.
- Mars in Capricorn: in astrology, effort and initiative is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- Jupiter in Capricorn: in astrology, growth and perspective is read through working toward a lasting result with structure.
- 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 Scorpio: in astrology, intensity and transformation is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- North Node in Taurus: in astrology, a direction for reflection is read through building steadily and valuing tangible results.
- South Node in Scorpio: in astrology, familiar patterns is read through looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
- Lilith in Aries: in astrology, independence in symbolic readings is read through starting quickly and acting directly.
- Chiron in Gemini: in astrology, learning from difficult experience is read through asking questions and trying different ways to communicate.
- Scorpio rising: the recorded time places the first impression and approach to new situations in this sign.
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