Kylie Minogue

In 2023, at 55, Kylie Minogue had one of the biggest hits of her career with "Padam Padam," a song whose title imitates the sound of a heartbeat. It became a phenomenon in Britain, won her a Grammy and introduced her to a generation that had not been born when she first topped the charts in 1988. It was not her first comeback. It may not be her last.

Reinvention is the story of her career, and her chart is full of Gemini, the sign of change. She was born on May 28, 1968, in Melbourne, at about 11:00 a.m., a time given in a 1997 magazine article and rated B by Astro-Databank. The Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars were all in Gemini. Gemini is versatile, playful and restless, the sign of many selves. With five bodies there, astrologers would expect someone who changes form easily and often, and Minogue has been a soap star, a bubblegum pop singer, an indie collaborator, a disco diva and a cabaret showgirl.

The Sun and Venus fall in the tenth house, which covers career and public image, and that suggests a public identity built on those transformations. The Moon, Mercury and Mars fall in the eleventh, the house of friends, networks and audiences, and her bond with her fans, particularly her gay audience, has been one of the most devoted in pop.

She became famous as Charlene, the tomboy mechanic in the Australian soap Neighbours, then had a run of hits with the British producers Stock Aitken Waterman, including "I Should Be So Lucky" and her cover of "The Loco-Motion." In the 1990s she pushed away from that image, recording more experimental music and a dark duet with Nick Cave, "Where the Wild Roses Grow." In 2000 "Spinning Around" and its gold hot pants brought her back, and "Can't Get You Out of My Head" in 2001 became one of the most successful singles of the decade.

Cancer rises in her chart, with Jupiter at the end of Leo in the first house. Cancer is warm and protective, and Jupiter in Leo adds showmanship and generosity. As a public presence, the combination suits the glittering but approachable performer who invites her audience in.

In 2005 she was diagnosed with breast cancer and postponed a world tour to undergo treatment. Doctors in Australia reported a sharp rise in mammogram bookings afterward, an effect that was studied and nicknamed the "Kylie effect." She returned to the stage in 2006.

Saturn in Aries in the ninth house adds stamina and a disciplined approach to travel and long tours. Nearly four decades after Neighbours, the Gemini cluster is still doing what it does best: becoming something new and taking the audience along.