The life of The Notorious B.I.G.
Who was The Notorious B.I.G.?
The Notorious B.I.G. released Ready to Die in September 1994 and remade East Coast hip-hop around a slower, denser style of storytelling. He recorded only two albums; Life After Death appeared two weeks after his death. He was shot and killed in Los Angeles in March 1997, six months after Tupac Shakur, and neither case has been solved. He gave his own birth time in a lyric, which is why his chart can be cast at all.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s defining moments, and the transits behind them
The Notorious B.I.G. dies
Forty-five days before his death, North Node trining his seventh-house Sun marked a fated power window that cast his final partnerships into the spotlight.
The Death in the timeline ↓The Notorious B.I.G.'s child T'yanna Wallace is born
Saturn squared his twelfth-house Sun 67 days before the birth, marking a heavy window of impending parental duty and sober maturity.
The Birth in the timeline ↓The Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans marry
Saturn crossing his Ascendant in the 12th house 42 days before the wedding signaled a heavy power window, demanding personal maturity as he prepared for marital commitment.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓The Notorious B I G and Charli Baltimore begin a relationship
The Partnership in the timeline ↓The Notorious B.I.G.: murder of the Notorious B.I.G.
Forty-five days before his death, this power window transit emphasized fated partnerships and public visibility under his seventh house Sun.
The Career Milestone in the timeline ↓The Notorious B.I.G.'s birth chart
This is how a birth chart reads: the wheel plots The Notorious B.I.G.'s placements at the moment of birth, and the three below anchor everything else on this page. Try it on your own chart to run the same read on a chart of your own.
☾ Born May 21, 1972 · 2:19 AM EDT · Brooklyn, New YorkBirth data: ASee sources
3 placements that explain this chart
With his Gemini Sun in the third house trine an analytical Virgo Moon, Biggie Smalls translated street realism into intricate narratives. His dense rhyme schemes and out-of-bounds personal planets matched a fast, magnetic public life.
Gemini Sun in the third house emphasized verbal agility, localized street reporting, and vivid rhyme schemes.
Virgo Moon conjunct the Descendant brought analytical precision to his observational lyrics and emphasized one-on-one bonds.
Pisces Rising is more permeable than the reputation preceding it, with Chiron in the first house marking the manner as a tender place. The Gemini Sun in the third house does the talking.
Elements, modalities and chart signature
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with The Notorious B.I.G.'s.
This is what a whole chart looks like at once, before it breaks into individual placements: where the element and modality weight sits, and how the four quadrants divide.
Elements and modalities
Chart Signature
10 of 10 bodies mappedEarth-led and mutable by a slight margin.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | |
| 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Total | 4 | 1 | 5 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
Some charts hold a recognizable shape across several placements at once. This is what a pattern reading looks like when one is present.
Chart patterns that stand out
Moon conjunct an angle: right at the chart's most visible points
See celebrities with this pattern →Venus out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules
See celebrities with this pattern →Mars out-of-bounds: operating outside its usual rules
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
The Notorious B.I.G. in twelve systems: Human Design, Vedic, Gene Keys and more
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →The same birth data, read through each system in turn: this is what a full multi-system reading looks like on one chart.
Natal Chart
placidus houses
Natal Chart snapshot
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | House | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chiron | ♈︎ Aries 15°54' | 1 | -Direct | — | Attunement |
| Mercury | ♉︎ Taurus 14°06' | 2 | -Direct | — | Disguise |
| ● Sun | ♊︎ Gemini 0°18' | 3 | -Direct | — | Discovery |
| Saturn | ♊︎ Gemini 8°39' | 3 | -Direct | — | Readiness |
| Venus | ♋︎ Cancer 4°05' | 4 | -Direct | — | Disruption |
| Mars | ♋︎ Cancer 5°35' | 4 | -Direct | — | Nesting |
| ● Moon | ♍︎ Virgo 14°10' | 7 | -Direct | — | Delicacy |
| Pluto | ♍︎ Virgo 29°24' | 7 | ℞ | — | Focus |
| Uranus | ♎︎ Libra 14°37' | 7 | ℞ | — | Cycles |
| Lilith | ♏︎ Scorpio 9°45' | 8 | -Direct | — | Reunion |
| Neptune | ♐︎ Sagittarius 3°59' | 9 | ℞ | — | Development |
| ● Jupiter | ♑︎ Capricorn 7°16' | 10 | ℞ | — | Domesticity |
| North node | ♑︎ Capricorn 27°55' | 11 | ℞ | — | Freedom |
| South node | ♋︎ Cancer 27°55' | — | -Direct | — | — |
| House | Cusp sign | Degree | Planets |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 1 | ♓︎ Pisces | 12°29' | Chiron |
| House 2 | ♈︎ Aries | 28°04' | Mercury |
| House 3 | ♉︎ Taurus | 28°02' | Sun, Saturn |
| House 4 | ♊︎ Gemini | 20°37' | Venus, Mars |
| House 5 | ♋︎ Cancer | 11°40' | - |
| House 6 | ♌︎ Leo | 6°07' | - |
| House 7 | ♍︎ Virgo | 12°29' | Moon, Pluto, Uranus |
| House 8 | ♎︎ Libra | 28°04' | Lilith |
| House 9 | ♏︎ Scorpio | 28°02' | Neptune |
| House 10 | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 20°37' | Jupiter |
| House 11 | ♑︎ Capricorn | 11°40' | North node |
| House 12 | ♒︎ Aquarius | 6°07' | - |
Full aspects · 29
- Moon Trine Mercury0.1°
- Venus Quincunx Neptune0.1°
- Mercury Sesquiquadrate Pluto0.3°
- Moon Semi sextile Uranus0.4°
- Mercury Quincunx Uranus0.5°
- Sun Semi square Chiron0.6°
- Sun Sesquiquadrate Uranus0.7°
- Sun Trine Pluto0.9°
- Saturn Quincunx Lilith1.1°
- Moon Sesquiquadrate North node1.3°
- Uranus Opposition Chiron1.3°
- Jupiter Quincunx Saturn1.4°
- Pluto Trine North node1.5°
- Venus Conjunction Mars1.5°
- Mars Quincunx Neptune1.6°
- Mars Opposition Jupiter1.7°
- Moon Quincunx Chiron1.7°
- Mercury Semi sextile Chiron1.8°
- Sun Trine North node2.4°
- Jupiter Sextile Lilith2.5°
- Venus Opposition Jupiter3.2°
- Sun Opposition Neptune3.7°
- Mars Trine Lilith4.2°
- Mercury Opposition Lilith4.3°
- Saturn Opposition Neptune4.7°
- Venus Square Pluto4.7°
- Moon Square Saturn5.5°
- Venus Trine Lilith5.7°
- Saturn Trine Uranus6.0°
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: sourced, Rodden A · Angles trusted
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
The Notorious B.I.G.'s child T'yanna Wallace is born
Moon dasha · Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Saturn square Sun
Saturn squared his twelfth-house Sun 67 days before the birth, marking a heavy window of impending parental duty and sober maturity.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on the day of a birth, 1993Collapse
May 3Aug 10Nov 17May 3 – Nov 17, 1993 · 198 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn square Sunslow
- North Node square Ascendantfast
The Notorious B.I.G. and Faith Evans marry
Moon dasha · Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Saturn conjunction Ascendant
Saturn crossing his Ascendant in the 12th house 42 days before the wedding signaled a heavy power window, demanding personal maturity as he prepared for marital commitment.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on the wedding day, 1994Collapse
Jun 9Aug 4Sep 29Jun 9 – Sep 29, 1994 · 112 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron opposition Ascendantslow
- Saturn conjunction Ascendantslow
- Jupiter trine Marsfast
Ready to Die released
His debut album, which reoriented East Coast hip-hop and made him its central figure.Source (opens in new tab)
Moon dasha · Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Jupiter sextile Moon
Jupiter’s harmonious angle to the eighth-house Moon aligned expansive fortune and emotional resonance with an album exploring dark themes of survival and mortality.
No dated window is recorded for this transit, so it isn't among the passages drawn here.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on release day, 1994Collapse
Jun 8Sep 13Dec 19Jun 8 – Dec 19, 1994 · 194 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Chiron conjunction Moonslow
- Chiron trine Mercuryslow
- Jupiter opposition Mercuryfast
- North Node opposition Mercuryfast
- Jupiter trine Ascendantfast
The Notorious B I G and Charli Baltimore begin a relationship
Wikidata P451 claim on Q179157, P580 start time qualifier at year precision.
Moon dasha · Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 8
No dated transit window covers this date in The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart.
A quiet chart is a reading, not a gap.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s child C.J. Wallace is born
Moon dasha · Personal year 6 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · Jupiter trine Moon
Arriving 11 days after the birth, Jupiter trine Moon brought an expansive, protective glow to his hopes for fatherhood.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on the day of a birth, 1996Collapse
Sep 22Oct 29Dec 5Sep 22 – Dec 5, 1996 · 74 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn square Venusslow
- Chiron sextile Midheavenslow
- Saturn sextile Sunslow
- Uranus trine Sunslow
- North Node square Marsfast
- Jupiter sextile Ascendantfast
- Jupiter trine Mercuryfast
- Jupiter trine Moonfast
The Notorious B.I.G. dies
Moon dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · North Node trine Sun
Forty-five days before his death, North Node trining his seventh-house Sun marked a fated power window that cast his final partnerships into the spotlight.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on the day of death, 1997Collapse
Jan 23Mar 9Apr 23Jan 23 – Apr 23, 1997 · 90 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn square Marsslow
- North Node trine Sunfast
The Notorious B.I.G.: murder of the Notorious B.I.G.
Moon dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 8
Editorial note · North Node trine Sun
Forty-five days before his death, this power window transit emphasized fated partnerships and public visibility under his seventh house Sun.
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on a career milestone, 1997Collapse
Jan 23Mar 9Apr 23Jan 23 – Apr 23, 1997 · 90 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- Saturn square Marsslow
- North Node trine Sunfast
Life After Death released
Released sixteen days after his murder; it went on to be certified diamond.Source (opens in new tab)
Moon dasha · Personal year 7 · Pinnacle 8
1 passage in force · North Node trine Sun
The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart on release day, 1997Collapse
Jan 23Mar 25May 25Jan 23 – May 25, 1997 · 122 days
Birth time recorded to the minute · all contacts shown
- North Node trine Sunfast
Human Design
1/3 Sacral Manifesting Generator
Defined throat and sacral centers fueled his fast creative execution and trial-and-error mastery.
Human Design snapshot
The Right Angle Cross of The Sleeping Phoenix
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Centers · 4 defined / 5 open
| Centre | State | What it governs |
|---|---|---|
| Head | Open | — |
| Ajna | Open | — |
| Throat | Defined | — |
| G identity | Defined | — |
| Heart will | Open | — |
| Sacral | Defined | — |
| Solar plexus | Open | — |
| Spleen | Defined | — |
| Root | Open | — |
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
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Personality activations · 11
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 20.1 |
| · Earth | 34.1 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 64.3 |
| ☊ North node | 60.2 |
| ☋ South node | 56.2 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 2.1 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 52.1 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 58.4 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 16.4 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 48.6 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 46.2 |
Design activations · 13
| Planet | Gate.Line |
|---|---|
| ☉︎ Sun | 55.3 |
| · Earth | 59.3 |
| ☽︎ Moon | 20.4 |
| ☊ North node | 41.4 |
| ☋ South node | 31.4 |
| ☿︎ Mercury | 37.1 |
| ♀︎ Venus | 21.5 |
| ♂︎ Mars | 27.6 |
| ♃︎ Jupiter | 10.5 |
| ♄︎ Saturn | 8.6 |
| ♅︎ Uranus | 57.3 |
| ♆︎ Neptune | 34.6 |
| ♇︎ Pluto | 46.4 |
Defined channels · 7
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Gene Key 20 Life Work
Moving from Superficiality to Presence, his lyrics captured raw street reality in the immediate moment.
Gene Keys snapshot
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Hologenetic Profile
Activation Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Life's Work | Gene Key 20 Conscious Sun | |
| Evolution | Gene Key 34 Conscious Earth | |
| Radiance | Gene Key 55 Unconscious Sun | |
| Purpose | Gene Key 59 Unconscious Earth |
Venus Sequence
Pearl Sequence
| Sphere | Key | Shadow → Gift → Siddhi |
|---|---|---|
| Vocation | Gene Key 27 | |
| Culture | Gene Key 10 | |
| Pearl | Gene Key 58 |
Rings, codons & partners
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Sidereal lunar mansions & dashas
Vedic Nakshatras snapshot
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Nakshatra placements · 14
● shown in snapshot · scrolls →
| Body | Nakshatra | Pada | Sidereal | Ruler | Deity | Animal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mercury | Bharani | 3 | Aries 20° | Venus | Yama | Male Elephant |
| Sun | Krittika | 4 | Taurus 6° | Sun | Agni | Female Sheep |
| Saturn | Rohini | 2 | Taurus 15° | Moon | Brahma | Male Serpent |
| Venus | Ardra | 2 | Gemini 10° | Rahu | Rudra | Female Dog |
| Mars | Ardra | 2 | Gemini 12° | Rahu | Rudra | Female Dog |
| ● Moon | Purva phalguni | 3 | Leo 20° | Venus | Bhaga | Female Rat |
| Pluto | Uttara phalguni | 3 | Virgo 5° | Sun | Aryaman | Male Cow |
| Uranus | Hasta | 4 | Virgo 21° | Moon | Savitar | Female Buffalo |
| Lilith | Swati | 3 | Libra 16° | Rahu | Vayu | Male Buffalo |
| Neptune | Anuradha | 3 | Scorpio 10° | Saturn | Mitra | Female Deer |
| Jupiter | Purva ashadha | 1 | Sagittarius 13° | Venus | Apas | Male Monkey |
| North node | Uttara ashadha | 3 | Capricorn 4° | Sun | Vishvadevas | Female Cow |
| Ascendant | Shatabhisha | 4 | Aquarius 19° | Rahu | Varuna | Female Horse |
| Chiron | Revati | 2 | Pisces 22° | Mercury | Pushan | Male Elephant |
Maha Dasha timeline · 9
| Ruler | Span | Flag |
|---|---|---|
| Venus | May 21, 1972 → May 2, 1981 | - |
| Sun | May 2, 1981 → May 2, 1987 | - |
| Moon | May 2, 1987 → May 2, 1997 | Now |
| Mars | May 2, 1997 → May 2, 2004 | - |
| Rahu | May 2, 2004 → May 2, 2022 | - |
| Jupiter | May 2, 2022 → May 2, 2038 | - |
| Saturn | May 2, 2038 → May 2, 2057 | - |
| Mercury | May 2, 2057 → May 2, 2074 | - |
| Ketu | May 2, 2074 → May 2, 2081 | - |
Antardashas within Moon
Sub-periods exist only for the running maha dasha; the other eight rows carry none by design, so they show none.
| Ruler | Span |
|---|---|
| Moon | May 2, 1987 → Mar 1, 1988 |
| Mars | Mar 1, 1988 → Sep 30, 1988 |
| Rahu | Sep 30, 1988 → Apr 1, 1990 |
| Jupiter | Apr 1, 1990 → Aug 1, 1991 |
| Saturn | Aug 1, 1991 → Mar 1, 1993 |
| Mercury | Mar 1, 1993 → Aug 1, 1994 |
| Ketu | Aug 1, 1994 → Mar 2, 1995 |
| Venus | Mar 2, 1995 → Oct 31, 1996 |
| Sun | Oct 31, 1996 → May 2, 1997 |
Ayanamsa: 23.4714 · Dasha system: Vimshottari · Ascendant nakshatra omitted: no trusted birth time
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 172 · Red Skywalker · Electric
Mayan Tzolkin snapshot
Ben · Electric tone
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●Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 9 signals a transformative public arc that closed out an era in hip-hop history.
Numerology snapshot
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
rat · water
Chinese Zodiac snapshot
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 壬 | 子 |
| Month | 乙 | 巳 |
| Day | 壬 | 申 |
| Hour | 辛 | 丑 |
Day master
壬 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Solar calendar; year boundary at the start of spring, not January 1.
Tarot Birth Cards
The Hermit
Tarot Birth Cards snapshot
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The reduction
| Card | Title | Keywords | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| ● Personality & Soul | The Hermit | introspection, solitude, guidance, search | Withdrawal from the world to find an answer that only stillness can reveal. |
Year card for 2026 · turns over 1 Jan 2027
Birth-date reduction against the 22 Major Arcana; year card recomputed for the current calendar year at each rebuild
Arabic Parts
Lots, formulas & sensitive points
Arabic Parts snapshot
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Lots on the wheel
Lots · 8
The body and worldly fortune; where material and emotional well-being converge. Reveals how you attract abundance and physical vitality.
The mind and spiritual purpose; the inverse of Fortune. Reveals conscious intent, vocation, and the soul's directional momentum.
Triumph through sustained effort; favorable outcomes earned by aligning ambition with discipline and structure.
Binding obligation and fated constraint; the circumstances that must be endured or worked through rather than chosen.
Reckoning and karmic consequence; the area of life where past choices return to be faced directly.
Desire, passion, and erotic magnetism; where attraction and creative drive merge. Reveals the nature of what you most deeply crave.
Partnership destiny and the nature of committed bonds; reveals the quality and karma of your most significant unions.
Boldness, daring, and the warrior spirit; where you find the nerve to act and the audacity to lead.
Sabian Symbols
Gemini Sun Sabian Symbol
The image of a glass-bottomed boat revealing undersea wonders matches his vivid lens on urban life.
Sabian Symbols snapshot
Sun · Gemini 0°18'
A glass-bottomed boat reveals undersea wonders
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Feng Shui
Kua 1
Feng Shui snapshot
Favorable: Southeast, East, South, North
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
Ask the Sage about The Notorious B.I.G.
The Sage reads every placement on this page in context. Ask what The Notorious B.I.G.'s chart means, or bring your own.
Begin your journeyQuestions about The Notorious B.I.G.'s birth chart
What is The Notorious B.I.G.'s zodiac sign?
The Notorious B.I.G.'s Sun sign is Gemini.
What is The Notorious B.I.G.'s moon and rising sign?
The Notorious B.I.G. has a Virgo Moon and a Pisces rising.
When was The Notorious B.I.G. born?
The Notorious B.I.G. was born on May 21, 1972.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of A: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. Confirmed by the person or someone close to them: full chart shown, including houses and the rising sign.
The Notorious B.I.G. compatibility: pairings with other charts
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Sources
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