Lana Del Rey was born at 16:47 on 21 June 1985 in Manhattan, New York City. That gives a Cancer Sun, a Leo Moon and Scorpio rising. The Sun, Mercury and Mars all sit in Cancer in the 8th house, and the Sun sits opposite Neptune, the planet of dreams, film and longing.
The Sun had entered Cancer only hours earlier, on the day of the June solstice. Mercury and Mars are in Cancer too, and all three land in the 8th house, the house of deep bonds, trust and what lies under the surface. Cancer is the sign of memory, home and feeling. With the mind and the drive in the same place, the heart leads everything: loyal, protective and happiest going deep with a few people rather than skimming the surface with many.
Neptune sits across the sky from the Sun, less than two degrees from exact. Neptune is the planet of imagination, music, film and the faraway. Across from the Sun, it gives a dreamer's eye: a feel for atmosphere, nostalgia and the glamour of somewhere else, and a talent for making other people feel it too. The Sun also makes an easy, flowing trine to Pluto, which lends that dreaminess real depth.
Scorpio was rising at 16:47, so first impressions are of depth, privacy and quiet intensity. Saturn rises in Scorpio too, in the 1st house, adding self-possession and a serious, grounded presence.
Venus is in Taurus, one of the two signs it rules, so it's fully at home there: a love of beauty, texture, comfort and slow, old-fashioned romance. It sits less than a degree from the Descendant, the point opposite the rising sign that's about partners and the people met one to one.
The Moon is in Leo in the 9th house, the house of travel, big ideas and far horizons, with the Midheaven in Leo above it. That's a warm, expressive heart that loves to perform and reach a wide audience.