The sky at Beyoncé’s arrival

Beyoncé’s birth chart

Houston, Texas, United States · 4 September 1981 · 21:47

Tropical zodiac, Placidus houses

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Beyoncé’s reading
Beyoncé’s reading

Five planets in Libra in the 6th house

4 September 1981 · 9:47 pm · Houston, Texas, United States

☉ Virgo · ☽ Scorpio · ↑ Aries

Beyoncé was born at 21:47 on 4 September 1981 in Houston, Texas, with a Virgo Sun, a Scorpio Moon and Aries rising. Five of the ten planets gather in Libra in the 6th house, the part of the chart about skill, discipline and the daily work behind a finished result: a rare concentration of energy in one sign and one house.

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto all fall in Libra, and all five land in the 6th house. The 6th is the house of craft, routine, health and the hours of practice nobody sees. Libra is the sign of balance, beauty and harmony, ruled by Venus. Put together, the picture is beauty built through repetition: rehearsing, refining and adjusting until every part sits in proportion.

Venus and Pluto are less than two degrees apart inside the group, which gives that sense of beauty real force and stamina. Venus also makes an easy sextile to Neptune, the planet of music and imagination, so the polish never loses its sense of wonder.

The Moon is in Scorpio, the sign of depth, loyalty and privacy, and it sits a third of a degree from Uranus, the planet of surprise and invention. That pairing gives feelings that run deep and then break through in fresh, unexpected forms. Both fall in the 7th house of partnership and one-to-one bonds, so close collaboration carries a lot of emotional weight. Lilith is in Scorpio too, in the same house.

The Sun itself is in Virgo in the 5th house, the house of creating, performing and play. Virgo is the sign of precision and service, so the urge to perform comes with precision built in: every step and every note considered.

At 21:47 the last degree of Aries was rising in the east. Aries is the sign of courage and beginnings, and it gives a direct, energetic presence. Its ruler, Mars, is the planet that guides this chart. Mars is in Leo, the sign of warmth, pride and the spotlight, in the 4th house of roots and family. It's close to the North Node there, and it makes an easy sextile to Mercury, so action and words work well together.

The Midheaven, the point at the top of the chart linked to reputation and direction in life, is in Capricorn: a public image built on mastery, structure and long-range ambition. Venus makes a square to it, pushing that artistic drive straight into the public role.

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Air moves between people: ideas, conversation and the curiosity that connects one thing to another.

It blows strongest of the four here, so you understand the world by talking it through.

It shows in how you think and talk, how you love and what you value, where luck and growth come easily, what you take seriously and build slowly and where you change most deeply.

☿Mercury in Libra♀Venus in Libra♃Jupiter in Libra♄Saturn in Libra♇Pluto in Libra
Beyoncé’s elements

Mostly air, with fire next

Tap an element in the picture or on the bar to see which planets feed it. The Sun, Moon and rising sign count extra.

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House 6 · Virgo

Work

routine · service · body · craft☿ ♀ ♃ ♄ ♇

Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto sit here.

Beyoncé’s houses

The planets gather below the horizon

A wintergreen, or teaberry: each leaf is one of twelve houses, a part of life, and each berry is a planet. Hover or tap a leaf or berry to see what’s there, or tap a pattern to light up its leaves.

Beyoncé’s crystal

Clear Quartz

An air stone · clarity, focus, amplification

The all-purpose amplifier — it sharpens intention and pairs well with any other stone.

Clear quartz is silicon dioxide in its purest form, one of the most common minerals in the Earth’s crust. Large, water-clear crystals come from Brazil, Madagascar, the Alps and the hills around Hot Springs, Arkansas. The ancient Greeks believed it was ice frozen so hard it could never thaw, and the word crystal comes from their name for it.

Clear quartz is hard enough to carry loose, though it will scratch softer stones it shares a bag with. Keep spheres out of direct sunlight, since a clear ball can focus the sun and scorch whatever sits behind it.

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Where the birth time comes from

Born
4 September 1981, 21:47 local time
Place
Houston, Texas, United States
Birth time from
Beyoncé's birth certificate, printed in the official Cowboy Carter Tour book in 2025, gives 9:47 pm in Houston. Source
Note
At 21:47 the rising sign is in the last degree of Aries. A birth only three or four minutes later would bring Taurus up instead.

Questions

What is Beyoncé's Sun sign?

Virgo. The Sun is at 12° Virgo, in the 5th house.

What is Beyoncé's Moon sign?

Scorpio. The Moon is at 26° Scorpio, in the 7th house, a third of a degree from Uranus.

What is Beyoncé's rising sign?

Aries, at 29°, the final degree of the sign. It comes from the 9:47 pm time on Beyoncé's birth certificate. Because the rising degree sits right at the end of Aries, a birth a few minutes later would have put Taurus on the horizon instead.

What time was Beyoncé born?

At 21:47 (9:47 pm) on 4 September 1981, in Houston, Texas. The time comes from the birth certificate printed in the Cowboy Carter Tour book, and the article reporting it is linked with the birth details.

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The twelve houses

Each house is an area of life, fixed to the horizon where you were born. A planet in a house tells you where its energy goes.

Below the horizon the private, inward houses

  1. 1Selfidentity, body, doorway
  2. 2Resourcesvalue, money, what you hold
  3. 3Voicespeech, siblings, daily mind
  4. 4Rootshome, ancestry, inner foundationMars in LeoNorth Node in Cancer
  5. 5Playcreativity, romance, childrenSun in Virgo
  6. 6Workroutine, service, body, craftMercury in LibraVenus in LibraJupiter in LibraSaturn in LibraPluto in Libra

Above the horizon where a life turns outward

  1. 7The Otherpartnership, contracts, counterpartMoon in ScorpioUranus in ScorpioLilith in Scorpio
  2. 8The Sharedintimacy, taboo, transformationNeptune in Sagittarius
  3. 9Horizonphilosophy, meaning, the long journey
  4. 10Vocationpublic face, calling, authority
  5. 11Tribecommunity, allies, hopes for the future
  6. 12The Hiddendreams, solitude, the unconscious

The four angles

Ascendant the eastern horizon
Aries rising29°00′ Aries
Midheaven the top of the sky
Capricorn Midheaven18°56′ Capricorn
Descendant the western horizon
Libra setting29°00′ Libra
Imum Coeli beneath your feet
Cancer IC18°56′ Cancer

The chart, drawn flat

The same sky the way astrologers read it: as the traditional wheel, or as an orrery with Earth at the centre.

♈︎ARIES♉︎TAURUS♊︎GEMINI♋︎CANCER♌︎LEO♍︎VIRGO♎︎LIBRA♏︎SCORPIO♐︎SAGITTARIUS♑︎CAPRICORN♒︎AQUARIUS♓︎PISCESASCMCDSCIC☉︎12°☽︎26°☿︎3°♀︎20°♂︎1°♃︎12°♄︎9°♅︎26°♆︎22°♇︎22°☊︎29°⚸︎27°

Bright lines: the four angles where your local sky met the zodiac. Warm lines between planets: conjunctions and oppositions. Dashed: squares and sextiles. The zodiac is spaced evenly; each planet’s house is listed with it above.

☉︎Sun12°27′ VIR
☽︎Moon26°44′ SCO
☿︎Mercury3°16′ LIB
♀︎Venus20°48′ LIB
♂︎Mars1°55′ LEO
♃︎Jupiter12°29′ LIB
♄︎Saturn9°06′ LIB
♅︎Uranus26°28′ SCO
♆︎Neptune22°05′ SAG
♇︎Pluto22°40′ LIB
☊︎North Node29°25′ CAN ℞
⚸︎Lilith27°53′ SCO

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