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David Bowie's Birth Chart: Capricorn Sun, Leo Moon, Aquarius Rising

Musician and actor

"A hidden architect of theatrical reinvention."

David Bowie

What this chart says about David Bowie

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Uranus in Gemini

Uranus in Gemini upends how a generation communicates and learns.

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Uranus in the 4th house

Uranus in the 4th house unsettles home and roots, and keeps them changeable.

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Moon in Leo

The Moon in Leo needs warmth, affection and to matter to someone.

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Moon in the 7th house

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

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Saturn in Leo

Saturn in Leo doubts its own shine, and earns authority through practice.

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Saturn in the 7th house

Saturn in the 7th house commits slowly to partnership, and then holds to it.

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Pluto in Leo

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

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Pluto in the 7th house

Pluto in the 7th house makes partnership intense, transformative and about power.

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Neptune in Libra

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

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Neptune in the 8th house

Neptune in the 8th house merges with a partner, and leaves shared money unexamined.

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Jupiter in Scorpio

Jupiter in Scorpio grows through depth, crisis and what other people avoid.

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Jupiter in the 9th house

Jupiter in the 9th house is at home in study, travel, belief and the search for meaning.

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Venus in Sagittarius

Venus in Sagittarius loves freely, and needs the relationship to leave room.

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Venus in the 9th house

Venus in the 9th house finds love and beauty abroad, in study and in distant places.

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Mercury in Capricorn

Mercury in Capricorn thinks structurally and says only what it can back up.

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Mercury in the 11th house

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

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Mars in Capricorn

Mars in Capricorn works with discipline toward a result years out.

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Mars in the 12th house

Mars in the 12th house works out of sight, and finds anger hard to express directly.

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Sun in Capricorn

The Sun in Capricorn builds identity through ambition, structure and time.

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Sun in the 12th house

The Sun in the 12th house finds identity in solitude, reflection and work behind the scenes.

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Sun conjunct Mars

Identity fused with drive, giving frank courage and a temper that arrives before the thought.

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Moon trine or sextile Venus

Affection and need in easy agreement, likable and warm, with the repair skills left undeveloped.

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Neptune trine or sextile Pluto

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

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Mercury square or opposite Neptune

Thought in tension with illusion, prone to confusion and eventually rigorous about checking facts.

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Moon conjunct Saturn

Feeling bound by duty and restraint, self-sufficient and reliable at the cost of easy comfort.

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Saturn trine or sextile Neptune

Discipline and imagination in easy agreement, capable of building an ideal and rarely asked to.

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Venus trine or sextile Saturn

Commitment and affection in easy agreement, steady and tasteful, with loyalty never actually tested.

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Saturn conjunct Pluto

Structure fused with power, austere and enduring, dismantling what is rotten at the cost of hardness.

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Mars square or opposite Neptune

Drive in tension with illusion, misdirected and drained, slowly learning to test a motive first.

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Ascendant in Aquarius

An Aquarius Ascendant meets the world in its own way, friendly but detached.

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Midheaven in Sagittarius

A Sagittarius Midheaven seeks work with scope, meaning and room to move.

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Personality

Disciplined and long-range

Works toward distant goals with structure and patience, deferring warmth to duty while the work is unfinished.

Because of: Sun in Capricorn

Relationships

Freedom-loving in love

Needs room and plain honesty more than reassurance, and comes to commitment late and on its own terms.

Because of: Venus in Sagittarius

System notes

5 systems name something specific to David Bowie; the other 7 are computed in full below.

Human Design

His design favors trial-and-error experimentation and sharp creative interventions.

Gene Keys

Gene Key 54 charts a path from material ambition toward refined aspiration and ascension.

Vedic Nakshatras

Pushya emphasizes structured nourishment and durable cultural contributions.

Numerology

Life Path 3 focuses on versatile creative self-expression across multiple mediums.

Sabian Symbols

This degree highlights formal allegiance, cultural authority, and calculated power.