Cher's Birth Chart: Taurus Sun, Capricorn Moon, Cancer Rising

Mercury in Taurus thinks slowly and concretely, and rarely changes its mind twice.

Mercury in the 11th house thinks in company, through networks, groups and shared plans.

The Sun in Taurus builds identity through steadiness, the senses and what lasts.

The Sun in the 11th house finds identity through friendship, groups and shared hopes.

Uranus in Gemini upends how a generation communicates and learns.

Uranus in the 12th house brings sudden insight and a restlessness kept out of sight.

Venus in Gemini is charmed by wit, and needs conversation to stay interested.

Venus in the 12th house loves privately, quietly and often without saying so.

Saturn in Cancer builds emotional security rather than assuming it.

Saturn in the 1st house makes a person guarded, serious and slow to be at ease.

Pluto in Leo dismantles inherited authority and insists on the individual.

Pluto in the 2nd house makes money a matter of power, loss and rebuilding.

Mars in Leo acts with confidence and style, and needs the effort to be seen.

Mars in the 2nd house works hard for money and defends what it considers its own.

Neptune in Libra expects a great deal of love, partnership and peace.

Neptune in the 4th house makes home a retreat and family history unclear.

Jupiter in Libra grows through partnership, fairness and good company.

Jupiter in the 4th house makes home large, open and generous to whoever turns up.

The Moon in Capricorn keeps feeling in check, and finds security in competence.

The Moon in the 7th house finds emotional footing through close partnership.

Need and expansion in tension, producing overcommitment and a slowly learned sense of proportion.

Mind and feeling in easy agreement, fluent and articulate, and rarely pushed past the conversational.

Growth and originality in easy agreement, open to change and usually adopting rather than originating.

Optimism in tension with caution, swinging between overreach and retreat until timing is learned.

Need in conflict with restriction, producing early withdrawal and, over time, hard-built emotional strength.

Drive and independence in easy agreement, quick and adaptable, with capacity never met by constraint.

Thought in conflict with aggression, quick to argue and slowly taught rigor by the consequences.

A sextile held by almost everyone alive, background context rather than an individual signature.

Drive fused with power, immense in stamina and force, with control and compulsion as the costs.

A Cancer Ascendant meets the world carefully, warm once it feels safe.

A Pisces Midheaven is drawn to work of imagination, care or quiet service.