Maya Angelou's Birth Chart
Maya Angelou was born on April 4, 1928 at 14:10 in St. Louis, MO. The chart has the Sun in Aries and the Moon in Libra, with Leo rising.
| Born | April 4, 1928 |
| Time | 14:10 |
| Place | St. Louis, MO |
Maya Angelou's Big Three
Here is how Astrologer's interpretation library describes each of these placements, for anyone born with them.
Sun in Aries: First Through the Door
You come alive at the start of things. Your sense of who you are is built from the moments you acted first, said the thing nobody else would say, or walked into a room already decided. Energy arrives in bursts and others feel it as heat. You are at your best when something needs a push and nobody is giving it, and restless when a plan asks you to wait. Follow-through is where the light thins out, and people learn to catch you early rather than late.
Moon in Libra: Peace at a Price
Your mood tracks the mood of whoever is in the room, and harmony is a physical need, not a taste. Conflict sits in your stomach, and you will smooth, defer and rephrase to keep the air clear. Comfort is company, beauty and being half of a pair. You read what others need and lose track of your own wants in the process, and resentment surfaces late. Alone, you often do not know what you feel until someone else is there to feel it with.
Leo rising: The Room Was Waiting
You arrive as if the room had been waiting. Strangers meet a straight back, a warm face, a voice that carries without trying, and they tend to look at you whether or not you are saying anything. People expect generosity from you and usually get it, along with a need to be seen giving it. Being overlooked lands in the body as a real injury, and a flat greeting can sour a whole evening. You are loyal in public and wounded in private, and the difference rarely shows.
Planet positions in Maya Angelou's chart
| Planet | Sign | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 14°48′ |
| Moon | Libra | 11°21′ |
| Mercury | Pisces | 20°26′ |
| Venus | Pisces | 21°44′ |
| Mars | Aquarius | 27°53′ |
| Jupiter | Aries | 16°07′ |
| Saturn (retrograde) | Sagittarius | 19°05′ |
| Uranus | Aries | 4°01′ |
| Neptune (retrograde) | Leo | 26°40′ |
| Pluto | Cancer | 14°59′ |
| North Node (retrograde) | Gemini | 10°59′ |
| Chiron | Taurus | 4°21′ |
| Ascendant | Leo | 23°58′ |
| Midheaven | Taurus | 17°39′ |
Element and modality balance
Counting ten planets from the Sun to Pluto: Fire 5, Earth 0, Air 2, Water 3. By modality: Cardinal 5, Fixed 2, Mutable 3. No planet falls in a Earth sign.
A fire emphasis
A fire emphasis makes you energetic, expressive, and action-oriented: you lead with enthusiasm, inspiration, and a need to act and create.
A cardinal emphasis
A cardinal emphasis makes you an initiator: you start things, push for change, and prefer to lead rather than wait.
The tightest aspects in Maya Angelou's chart
- Sun square Pluto, orb 0°11′
- Moon trine North Node, orb 0°23′
- Jupiter square Pluto, orb 1°08′
- Mars opposite Neptune, orb 1°13′
- Mercury conjunct Venus, orb 1°19′
- Sun conjunct Jupiter, orb 1°19′
- Mercury square Saturn, orb 1°20′
- Venus square Saturn, orb 2°39′
The three tightest, as the library describes them for anyone born with the same contact:
Sun square Pluto: Pressure Forges Identity
Something in you wants total control over how you shine, and something else refuses to be controlled. The push shows up as power struggles around recognition, secrecy about what you actually want, and a habit of burning your own creations down to rebuild them. What that pressure makes is willpower, real staying power, and a presence people feel before you speak.
Moon trine North Node: Instinct Flows Forward
Growth happens through mood here, smoothly enough that you rarely catch it happening. Your gut leans toward the new direction without drama, and your home life reshapes itself around wherever you're headed. Because it's so frictionless, it amplifies whatever emotional habit is already running, healthy or not, and carries that habit straight into your future.
Jupiter square Pluto: Belief Versus Obsession
One side wants the grand story, the travel, the philosophy that explains everything. The other keeps dragging you into the buried, the taboo, the thing you cannot stop researching, and the two grind against each other. Your beliefs get destroyed and rebuilt on a cycle most people never go through once, which is why your convictions carry weight and also why they cost you.
How this chart was calculated
Every position on this page is calculated with the Swiss Ephemeris for Maya Angelou's recorded date, time and place of birth. The rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses depend on the birth time, so they are only as reliable as the time on record. The interpretations come from the same library Astrologer uses in its own chart readings.