Oprah Winfrey Birth Chart

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Planet placements, houses and aspects in Oprah Winfrey’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 VenusSun trine JupiterSun trine LilithSun square SaturnSun sextile MoonMoon sextile VenusMercury opposition PlutoMercury trine JupiterMercury trine NeptuneMercury trine LilithMercury square MarsVenus trine JupiterVenus trine LilithVenus square SaturnMars trine UranusMars trine South NodeMars square PlutoMars sextile North NodeJupiter trine LilithUranus conjunction South NodeUranus opposition North NodeUranus square NeptuneUranus square LilithNeptune square North NodeNeptune square South NodeNeptune sextile PlutoChiron sextile MarsChiron opposition UranusChiron square NeptuneChiron conjunction North NodeChiron opposition South NodeSun: 8°59′ Aquarius8°8°Moon: 4°31′ Sagittarius4°4°Mercury: 19°09′ Aquarius19°19°Venus: 8°51′ Aquarius8°8°Mars: 23°34′ Scorpio23°23°Jupiter: 16°39′ Gemini, retrograde16°16°Saturn: 9°02′ Scorpio9°9°Uranus: 20°18′ Cancer, retrograde20°20°Neptune: 26°03′ Libra, retrograde26°26°Pluto: 24°09′ Leo, retrograde24°24°Chiron: 23°35′ Capricorn23°23°North Node: 23°14′ Capricorn, retrograde23°23°South Node: 23°14′ Cancer, retrograde23°23°Lilith: 14°44′ Libra14°14°Compact chart: body glyphs and whole degrees. Full positions, retrograde status and houses are in the tables below.ACDCMCIC
Ascendant
Sagittarius 29°41′
Midheaven
Libra 17°25′
Descendant
Gemini 29°41′
Imum Coeli
Aries 17°25′
Planet positions
BodySign and degreeHouse
SunAquarius 8°59′2
MoonSagittarius 4°31′11
MercuryAquarius 19°09′2
VenusAquarius 8°51′2
MarsScorpio 23°34′11
JupiterGemini 16°39′Retrograde6
SaturnScorpio 9°02′10
UranusCancer 20°18′Retrograde7
NeptuneLibra 26°03′Retrograde10
PlutoLeo 24°09′Retrograde8
North NodeCapricorn 23°14′Retrograde1
South NodeCancer 23°14′Retrograde7
LilithLibra 14°44′9
ChironCapricorn 23°35′1

Oprah Winfrey · local time · Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States

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

Sources: Astro-Databank birth record — Rodden A; Smithsonian NMAAHC — Watching Oprah exhibition; Smithsonian — African American Media Arts

Oprah Winfrey's Sun, Moon and Rising

Sun in Aquarius is commonly associated with independent ideas, interest in people and trying a different approach to something familiar. A television conversation offers a concrete comparison. Winfrey's programme took people talking and turned it into a recognisable public experience. The Smithsonian's Watching Oprah exhibition preserves clips, interviews and studio objects from that work.

Aquarius is often described through originality, but its interest in shared experiences matters too. An idea reaches more than one person. A conversation in a studio is also heard by people sitting elsewhere. That is a useful way to picture the Aquarius side of this chart. The same encounter belongs to the participants and to a much wider audience.

Moon in Sagittarius is linked with curiosity, openness and enjoying a subject that leads somewhere new. Sagittarius wants to ask another question. For an interviewer, that gives us an easy public comparison. A conversation begins with one subject, then opens into a larger story. The museum's collected clips provide actual material for seeing how a programme moves between topics.

Sagittarius rising adds a friendly, outward first approach in the usual astrology description. It is the sign often linked with inviting people into a bigger view. The repeated Sagittarius gives the chart plenty of room to explore. Aquarius adds a less conventional way of bringing people together. Read beside the television archive, the combination feels like curiosity offered through a recognisable programme, with the host giving the audience a place to enter.

Sun beside Venus: the way it is offered matters

Venus in Aquarius is associated with liking an individual style and appreciating ideas that bring something fresh. It sits beside the Sun, only 0.14° away. A conjunction gathers two qualities together. In this case, a central purpose and the way it is presented are closely connected.

The Smithsonian includes objects from Harpo Studios alongside broadcast material. That gives the reading something you are able to see. A programme has a place, a design and a way of meeting its audience. The conversation is part of an experience made through many practical choices. Sun and Venus are a useful pair for thinking about the person at its centre and how the whole thing is offered.

The Aquarius emphasis also suggests a style with an individual stamp. Think of a room that feels different because of the way someone has arranged it. You recognise the choices before they are explained. Winfrey's documented programme gives us a much larger public version of that idea. The host and the presentation are remembered together.

Sun square Saturn: an open conversation still has a shape

Saturn in Scorpio is often linked with concentration, firm boundaries and staying with a subject until it feels substantial. It squares the Sun at 0.05°, the closest contact highlighted here. A square is read as a place where two approaches need to work things out. Aquarius brings an individual idea. Saturn asks how to give it a definite shape.

A talk show makes that relationship easy to picture. The conversation opens, but an episode still begins and ends. Someone chooses a subject, asks questions and decides where the audience's attention goes next. The museum's archive preserves the results of those choices. Saturn brings the structure into view beside Sagittarius's wish to keep exploring.

That mix has an everyday counterpart. You want a discussion to go somewhere interesting, so you give it enough direction to hold together. Too little shape and the point gets lost. Too little openness and nothing surprising enters. This close Sun–Saturn square puts those two needs beside each other. The public television work gives us a specific place to consider the balance.

Venus square Saturn: a welcome with a clear edge

Venus also squares Saturn at 0.19°. Because Venus is so close to the Sun, these contacts belong to one tight pattern. The usual interpretation brings personal style and clear limits into the same conversation. The programme is inviting, while also being carefully made.

The Watching Oprah exhibition lets visitors meet the show through selected clips and objects. Those choices help a large media history become something people are able to explore. It is a good comparison for this Venus–Saturn pairing. An approachable presentation still benefits from a firm shape. Read beside the double Sagittarius, it gives Winfrey's chart both room to ask and a structure for the answers.

The studio objects make that idea easy to hold onto. The broadcast begins with a real place and chosen details. An outward Sagittarius conversation happens inside something that has been built. The Aquarius style and Scorpio concentration give that openness a recognisable home in the programme.

Reading this chart respectfully

The television archive supplies Winfrey's public work for this reading, while her private views remain her own.

Birth record

Rodden rating A. ADB marks 04:30 as from memory, collector Rodden.

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
Chiron sextile Mars0.01°
Sun square Saturn0.05°
Sun conjunction Venus0.14°
Venus square Saturn0.19°
Mars sextile North Node0.34°
Mars trine South Node0.34°
Chiron conjunction North Node0.35°
Chiron opposition South Node0.35°
Mars square Pluto0.57°
Jupiter trine Midheaven0.76°
Mercury trine Midheaven1.74°
Neptune sextile Pluto1.91°
Jupiter trine Lilith1.91°
Chiron square Neptune2.47°
Mercury trine Jupiter2.50°
Lilith conjunction Midheaven2.68°
Neptune square North Node2.82°
Neptune square South Node2.82°
Uranus square Midheaven2.89°
Uranus opposition North Node2.93°
Uranus conjunction South Node2.93°
Mars trine Uranus3.26°
Chiron opposition Uranus3.28°
Neptune sextile Ascendant3.63°
Moon sextile Venus4.33°
Mercury trine Lilith4.41°
Mercury square Mars4.42°
Sun sextile Moon4.46°
Mercury opposition Pluto4.99°
Pluto trine Ascendant5.55°
Uranus square Lilith5.57°
Uranus square Neptune5.75°
Sun trine Lilith5.75°
North Node square Midheaven5.82°
South Node square Midheaven5.82°
Venus trine Lilith5.89°
Chiron square Midheaven6.17°
Mercury trine Neptune6.91°
Sun trine Jupiter7.66°
Venus trine Jupiter7.80°

Chart dominants

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

Top signs
Sagittarius (5) · Aquarius (5) · Scorpio (2).
Sagittarius: exploring bigger ideas and speaking openly; Aquarius: taking an independent angle and thinking about groups; Scorpio: looking beneath the surface and staying with difficult material.
Top planets
Sun (5.77) · Saturn (4.98) · Neptune (4.54).
Sun: identity and purpose; Saturn: discipline and limits; Neptune: imagination and ideals.
Top houses
House 2 (5) · House 11 (4) · House 10 (2).
House 2: resources and priorities; House 11: groups and networks; House 10: public work.
Dominant element
Air (7 points).
Fire emphasizes initiative; earth, practical results; air, ideas; water, feeling.
Dominant modality
Fixed (8 points).
Cardinal signs start things, fixed signs sustain them, and mutable signs adapt them.

Placements at a glance

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

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