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Elvis Presley

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Elvis Presley

1935-01-08 · Tupelo, Mississippi, USA· birth time unknown

Capricorn SunPisces MoonAries Rising(est.)Musician
Earth dominantCapricorn stellium3 retrogradesSun conjunct MercuryMercury conjunct Venus

Known as the King of Rock and Roll, he is one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century.

Elvis Presley's natal chart is anchored by a Capricorn Sun — a disciplined, ambitious nature... someone who builds toward long-term goals with patience and finds identity through achievement and responsibility.

Beneath the surface, a Pisces Moon speaks to what Elvis needs emotionally... creative escape, spiritual connection, and permission to dissolve into something larger. This is the private self, the part that exists when the spotlight fades.

Their energy is channeled through partnership and diplomacy... they prefer strategy to force. With 3 retrograde planets in their natal chart, much of Elvis's energy is directed inward... a rich inner world that fuels their outer expression. A concentration of planets in Capricorn gives Elvis's chart a strong Capricorn emphasis... amplifying the themes of that sign throughout their life.

Birth time unknown. The Rising sign, house placements, and Midheaven shown below are estimated using noon. Only the Sun and Moon positions are reliable.

Planetary Positions

Rising: Aries (est.) · Midheaven: Capricorn (est.)
Sun

Capricorn

17° · House 10 (est.)

Moon

Pisces

6° · House 11 (est.)

Mercury

Capricorn

22° · House 10 (est.)

Venus

Capricorn

29° · House 10 (est.)

Mars

Libra

12° · House 6 (est.)

Jupiter

Scorpio

18° · House 7 (est.)

Saturn

Aquarius

25° · House 11 (est.)

Uranus

Aries

27° · House 12 (est.)

Neptune

Virgo

14° · House 5 (est.)

Pluto

Cancer

25° · House 4 (est.)

North Node

Aquarius

1° · House 10 (est.)

Chiron

Gemini

5° · House 2 (est.)

Chart Interpretations

Birth time unknown. Sign placements (Sun, Moon, planets) are accurate. House placements and Rising sign are estimated from noon and may not reflect the actual chart.

Sun in CapricornHouse 10 (est.)

Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth sign, and the Sun is in its detriment here ... the solar need for joyful self-expression in tension with Capricorn's instinct to defer pleasure in favor of responsibility and long-term construction. Earth grounds your identity in what you build and achieve; Cardinal modality gives you the initiative to climb steadily rather than impulsively. You carry a quiet authority that others feel before you have done anything to earn it. The productive tension is learning to let accomplishment serve your joy rather than substitute for it ... achievement is a vehicle, not the destination.

Moon in PiscesHouse 11 (est.)

Pisces is a Mutable Water sign, and the Moon is in its exaltation here ... one of the most emotionally sensitive and imaginatively rich lunar placements. Water makes your inner world boundless, fluid, and permeable; Mutable modality means your feelings shift readily with the emotional currents around you, making you extraordinarily empathic but also unusually susceptible to absorbing others' states as your own. You feel most at home in creative, spiritual, or compassionate spaces. A concrete tendency is the blur between your emotions and those of people you care about ... the essential work is learning to feel the difference between genuine empathy and the unconscious carrying of someone else's emotional weight.

Mercury in CapricornHouse 10 (est.)

Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth sign, and Mercury here thinks with structure, strategic intent, and a strong bias toward ideas that have a practical application. Earth roots the intellect in the useful and the real; Cardinal modality gives your thinking an executive quality ... you naturally assess what can be built, solved, or systematically addressed. You communicate with authority and economy. A concrete tendency is the dismissal of ideas before they have had time to prove themselves: this placement's strength is its rigorous practicality, but its productive edge is learning to sit with an unconventional or playful thought long enough to discover whether it contains something the conventional frameworks have missed.

Venus in CapricornHouse 10 (est.)

Capricorn is a Cardinal Earth sign, and Venus here approaches love with seriousness, patience, and a long-term orientation that takes commitment genuinely rather than romantically. Earth makes your affections practical and demonstrated through reliability and sustained action rather than gesture; Cardinal modality means you pursue relationships deliberately rather than impulsively. You are selective because you are serious. A concrete tendency is a guardedness that can read as coldness: the self-containment that protects you from ill-considered involvement can also prevent the warmth you genuinely feel from being visible to the people who need to feel it in order to believe the relationship is real.

Mars in LibraHouse 6 (est.)

Libra is a Cardinal Air sign, and Mars is in its detriment here ... the planet of assertive, direct action in the sign that prefers diplomacy and the avoidance of unpleasantness. Air directs your drive toward ideas and the quality of your relationships; Cardinal modality means you do initiate, but always with a calculation of impact and an eye toward fairness. A concrete tendency is passive aggression as the expression of unexpressed anger: because this placement finds direct confrontation genuinely uncomfortable, frustrations tend to accumulate and emerge sideways ... learning to act on your own behalf before resentment has built into something harder to manage is the central practical challenge.

Jupiter in ScorpioHouse 7 (est.)

Scorpio is a Fixed Water sign, and Jupiter here grows through depth, psychological investigation, and the willingness to go where others prefer not to look. Water directs your expansiveness inward and downward; Fixed modality gives that growth remarkable staying power ... what you transform at this depth tends to stay transformed. Your fortune flows through research, shared resources, and the willingness to be undone and rebuilt by experience. A concrete tendency is the intensity that tips into obsession: Jupiter amplifies Scorpio's already formidable focus, and the productive discipline is distinguishing between the depth that illuminates and the depth that simply swallows.

Saturn in AquariusHouse 11 (est.)

Aquarius is a Fixed Air sign, and Saturn is in its traditional domicile here ... the planet of structure in the sign of systems, collective ideals, and social reform. Air directs Saturn's discipline toward the realm of ideas and institutions; Fixed modality means the structures you build are intended to last, grounded in principles rather than convenience. Your capacity to build frameworks that serve genuine collective function is one of this placement's greatest gifts. A concrete tendency is the relationship between freedom and structure held as a permanent tension rather than a productive polarity: this placement is working out ... across a lifetime ... how to build systems that serve liberation rather than constraining it, and every structure it builds is a step in that ongoing negotiation.

Uranus in AriesHouse 12 (est.)

Aries is a Cardinal Fire sign, and Uranus here (2010–2019) disrupts through radical self-assertion and the acceleration of new beginnings. Fire makes Uranus's revolutionary energy direct, combustible, and immediately visible; Cardinal modality means change breaks out at the point of initiation ... institutions and identities crack at the moment they are supposed to begin. Your generation challenges inherited models of leadership and independent selfhood, introducing new archetypes of what it means to act from genuine conviction. A concrete tendency toward bold, decentralized innovation driven by individuals rather than systems is the signature of this placement ... disruption expressed through the uncompromising assertion of the new self.

Neptune in VirgoHouse 5 (est.)

Virgo is a Mutable Earth sign, and Neptune is in its detriment here (1928–1943) ... the planet of transcendence in the sign of practical, critical discernment. Earth makes Neptune's idealism reach for something useful and corrective; Mutable modality keeps the dissolution adaptive and health-oriented. This generation's idealism often appeared in the sacrifices of the Depression and World War II ... a longing for order, healing, and right service that found expression in genuine collective effort. The shadow is a confusion about what true wellness and right service actually mean ... the perfectionism of Virgo applied to an unreachable Neptunian ideal.

Pluto in CancerHouse 4 (est.)

Cancer is a Cardinal Water sign, and Pluto here (1913–1939) brought profound transformation to home, family, national identity, and the structures of belonging. Water makes Pluto's transformation deeply personal and emotionally irreversible; Cardinal modality means the destruction arrived at foundational, initiating moments in collective life. This generation lived through two World Wars and the Great Depression, experiencing the total destruction and partial rebuilding of what home, nation, and security could mean. The shadow is a compulsive attachment to the past ... a defensive tribalism organized around protecting the familiar version of belonging at tremendous cost to everything outside it.

North Node in AquariusHouse 10 (est.)

Your North Node in Aquarius calls you toward the development of collective vision, authentic contribution to something larger than personal story, and the courage to individuate in service of the group rather than in opposition to it. Aquarius is a Fixed Air sign ... the evolutionary direction here is toward principled, forward-looking engagement with the communities and systems that shape the future. The corresponding South Node in Leo suggests an ingrained ease with personal self-expression, creative pride, and the centrality of the individual narrative. A concrete tendency from the South Node is the unconscious use of personal significance as the organizing frame for everything. The medicine is discovering that your uniqueness is most potent when it lights the way for others ... not when it simply illuminates itself.

Chiron in GeminiHouse 2 (est.)

Your Chiron in Gemini places your core wound in the realm of communication, being heard, and the trust that your thoughts and perceptions are worth expressing. Gemini is a Mutable Air sign ... the wound lives in the territory of language, exchange, and the circulation of ideas. You may have struggled early with being misunderstood, dismissed for how you expressed yourself, or made to feel that your particular way of thinking was wrong or insufficient. A concrete tendency is over-explanation as preemptive defense ... saying more than necessary in hopes of finally being understood, or saying nothing in anticipation of the familiar dismissal. The gift is a profound sensitivity to language and an extraordinary capacity to help others find and trust their own voice.

Ascendant (Rising) in Aries(est.)

With Aries rising, you come across as bold, direct, and energetic. People notice your confidence before anything else. You move through the world like someone who has somewhere to be... and you usually do. Your natural instinct is to lead, act first, and figure out the details later.

Descendant in Libra(est.)

With your Descendant in Libra, you're drawn to partners who are diplomatic, aesthetically minded, and relationship-focused. You seek balance and harmony in partnerships... someone who values fairness as much as you do.

MC

Midheaven in Capricorn(est.)

With your Midheaven in Capricorn, your career is built on ambition, structure, and long-term mastery. You're drawn to positions of authority and work that requires sustained discipline. Your professional reputation grows through demonstrated competence and the willingness to climb steadily.

IC

Imum Coeli in Cancer(est.)

With your IC in Cancer, your roots run deep into family, tradition, and emotional memory. Home is sacred to you... it's where you need to feel emotionally safe above all else. You recharge through solitude and nurturing your private world.

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