The sky at Dua Lipa’s arrival

Dua Lipa’s birth chart

London, England, United Kingdom · 22 August 1995 · 00:18

Tropical zodiac, Placidus houses

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Dua Lipa’s reading
Dua Lipa’s reading

A Leo Sun beside Venus

22 August 1995 · 12:18 am · London, England, United Kingdom

☉ Leo · ☽ Cancer · ↑ Gemini

Dua Lipa was born at 00:18 on 22 August 1995, at Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital in London. That gives a Leo Sun, a Cancer Moon and Gemini rising, the same “leo.gemini.cancer” Dua listed. The Sun and Venus meet in the last degrees of Leo, less than a third of a degree apart.

Venus and the Sun meet at 28° Leo, a third of a degree apart, both in the 4th house. Leo is the sign of the heart: warmth, generosity and the joy of shining in front of others. With Venus joined to the Sun, charm, style and affection become part of the core identity rather than a side note. The 4th house is about home, roots and family, so all that glow has a private, personal anchor.

Both the Sun and Venus square Pluto in Scorpio, each within a degree. Pluto brings depth and staying power, and the square gives it push: a drive to keep reinventing, and a magnetism that's hard to miss.

Gemini was coming over the eastern horizon at 22°, so first impressions are bright, quick and curious, someone easy to talk to. Mercury rules Gemini, which makes it the chart ruler, and it sits in Virgo, the other sign it rules. That's a precise, skilled, observant mind, at its best polishing something until it's exactly right. Mercury falls in the 5th house, the house of creativity, performance and play, and it squares the rising degree within about two and a half degrees, which keeps words and ideas in the spotlight.

Mars shares the 5th house, in Libra. Mars there puts energy into beauty, balance and partnership, so the urge to create comes with an eye for harmony and a love of making things with other people.

The Moon is in Cancer, the sign it rules, at 10°. A Moon at home is a strong, comfortable one: feelings run deep, loyalty is fierce, and caring for people comes naturally. In the 2nd house, the house of resources, values and self-worth, those feelings connect to a sense of security and to building something solid.

The Midheaven, the highest point of the chart and the one tied to reputation and calling, is in Aquarius, and Mars makes an easy trine to it. That points to a public life that's forward-looking and independent, with plenty of energy behind it. Saturn in Pisces, in the 11th house of friends and communities, squares the rising degree within a degree, giving the bright Gemini front a serious, disciplined backbone.

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Fire rises: warmth, courage and the spark that gets things started and lights up a room.

It burns brightest of the four here, so you meet life by moving toward it.

It shows in who you are at your centre, how you love and what you value and where luck and growth come easily.

☉Sun in Leo♀Venus in Leo♃Jupiter in Sagittarius
Dua Lipa’s elements

A balanced mix, led by fire

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 4 · Leo

Roots

home · ancestry · inner foundation☉ ♀

Sun and Venus sit here.

Dua Lipa’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.

Dua Lipa’s crystal

Carnelian

A fire stone · courage, drive, vitality

A warm orange stone long carried for nerve and momentum. Good company when you need to start something.

Carnelian is a translucent orange to red chalcedony, a form of quartz built from crystals too small to see. Its warm colour comes from traces of iron oxide, and most of what you’ll find today is mined in India, Brazil and Uruguay. It was long carved into signet seals in Egypt and Rome, partly because hot sealing wax doesn’t stick to it.

Carnelian is close to quartz in hardness, so it is tough enough to carry loose in a pocket or pouch. Warm soapy water and a soft cloth are all it needs, and it’s worth skipping harsh household chemicals.

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Where the birth time comes from

Born
22 August 1995, 00:18 local time
Place
London, England, United Kingdom
Birth time from
Dua Lipa posted in August 2023: “yesterday I found out i’m actually a gemini rising”, and gave the time in an Instagram comment: “00:18 on the 22nd of august which makes me leo.gemini.cancer”, recorded by Astro-Databank. Source
Note
The exact minute is from an Instagram comment that Astro-Databank recorded from screenshots; Dua's own post confirms the Gemini rising it gives. Earlier interviews gave the rising sign as Libra, which Dua corrected in 2023.

Questions

What is Dua Lipa's Sun sign?

Leo. The Sun is at 28° Leo, in the 4th house, with Venus less than half a degree away.

What is Dua Lipa's Moon sign?

Cancer. The Moon is at 10° Cancer, in the 2nd house.

What is Dua Lipa's rising sign?

Gemini, at 22° Gemini. Dua posted in August 2023 about having just found out about the Gemini rising. Earlier interviews had given the rising sign as Libra, which Dua corrected that year.

What time was Dua Lipa born?

At 00:18, just after midnight, on 22 August 1995, in London. The exact minute comes from an Instagram comment that Astro-Databank recorded from screenshots, and Dua's own 2023 post confirms the Gemini rising that time gives.

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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, doorwayLilith in Gemini
  2. 2Resourcesvalue, money, what you holdMoon in Cancer
  3. 3Voicespeech, siblings, daily mind
  4. 4Rootshome, ancestry, inner foundationSun in LeoVenus in Leo
  5. 5Playcreativity, romance, childrenMercury in VirgoMars in LibraNorth Node in Libra
  6. 6Workroutine, service, body, craftJupiter in SagittariusPluto in Scorpio

Above the horizon where a life turns outward

  1. 7The Otherpartnership, contracts, counterpart
  2. 8The Sharedintimacy, taboo, transformationNeptune in Capricorn
  3. 9Horizonphilosophy, meaning, the long journeyUranus in Capricorn
  4. 10Vocationpublic face, calling, authority
  5. 11Tribecommunity, allies, hopes for the futureSaturn in Pisces
  6. 12The Hiddendreams, solitude, the unconscious

The four angles

Ascendant the eastern horizon
Gemini rising22°24′ Gemini
Midheaven the top of the sky
Aquarius Midheaven16°36′ Aquarius
Descendant the western horizon
Sagittarius setting22°24′ Sagittarius
Imum Coeli beneath your feet
Leo IC16°36′ Leo

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☉︎28°☽︎10°☿︎19°♀︎28°♂︎19°♃︎6°♄︎23°♅︎27°♆︎23°♇︎27°☊︎29°⚸︎25°

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.

☉︎Sun28°25′ LEO
☽︎Moon10°23′ CAN
☿︎Mercury19°51′ VIR
♀︎Venus28°41′ LEO
♂︎Mars19°24′ LIB
♃︎Jupiter6°05′ SAG
♄︎Saturn23°04′ PIS ℞
♅︎Uranus27°19′ CAP ℞
♆︎Neptune23°16′ CAP ℞
♇︎Pluto27°51′ SCO
☊︎North Node29°25′ LIB ℞
⚸︎Lilith25°43′ GEM

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