Adele Laurie Blue Adkins is an English singer-songwriter. She signed with XL Recordings in 2006 and released her debut album 19 in 2008, then 21 in 2011. At the 2013 ceremony, "Skyfall", from the James Bond film, won the Oscar for best original song. 25 came out in 2015 and 30 in 2021. Her Las Vegas residency, Weekends with Adele, ran from November 2022 to November 2024, and she played concerts in Munich that year. Wikipedia counts 16 Grammy Awards.
Page 260 of a biography
The Astro-Databank collector Craft quotes the biography "Adele" by Sean Smith (HarperCollins, 2016): "It was 5 May 1988", and on page 260 her birth chart "with a time of 8:19 am". Astro-Databank grades it B: the time comes from a published book, not from a record.
The entry also lists a rectification by the astrologer Starkman to 8:52:32 a.m. BST. For 8:52 our calculation puts the ascendant at 12°23′ of Cancer, the same sign. The chart below uses the printed time.
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:19 a.m. | chart printed on page 260 of the biography by Sean Smith (2016), quoted by Craft; rated B | ♋︎ Cancer 5°31′ | Sagittarius |
| 8:52 a.m. | rectified by Starkman to 8:52:32 a.m. BST | ♋︎ Cancer 12°23′ | Sagittarius |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♋︎ Cancer | 7:55 a.m. to 10:24 a.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Midheaven | ♓︎ Pisces | 8:16 a.m. to 10:06 a.m. | Aquarius before, Aries after |
| Moon | ♐︎ Sagittarius | midnight to 2:53 p.m. | Capricorn after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for each time, Tottenham, England, British Summer Time (UTC+1).
Sun, Moon and rising, one at a time
Taurus is the fixed earth sign, tied in the tradition to steadiness and slow, durable effort. Her Sun at 15°01′ falls in the 11th house whichever system is used, which covers friends, audiences and shared hopes. Cancer rising, at 5°31′ Cancer, gives a protective first manner that watches the mood of a room.
The Moon entered Sagittarius at 9:53 a.m. on May 3 and leaves it for Capricorn at 2:54 p.m. on her birthday. A Sagittarius Moon wants room and candour, and it falls in the 6th house, linked with daily work and craft.
Our pages: Taurus · Moon in Sagittarius · Cancer rising · 11th house · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Moon opposite Venus, 0°53′ from exact
Venus at 25°21′ of Gemini faces the Moon across the Gemini and Sagittarius axis. Moon opposite Venus pulls feeling and taste apart until they find a balance. Venus also rules Taurus, so it speaks for her Sun sign too.
Mercury, at 0°53′, has only just crossed into Gemini, and shares the 12th house with Venus under both systems. The 12th is linked with seclusion, so thought and affection there work privately before they show.
Our pages: Venus in Gemini · Mercury in Gemini · 12th house · 6th house.
Three slow planets beside the descendant
The descendant is 5°31′ Capricorn. Saturn sits at 2°05′, Neptune at 10°03′, and Uranus at 0°40′, just inside the sign. Saturn and Uranus are 1°25′ from an exact conjunction.
The 7th house starts at the descendant, and the tradition gives it to one-to-one dealings and the people one faces. Neptune is in the 7th under both systems; Saturn and Uranus are there by Whole Sign and in the 6th by Placidus. Saturn means limit, Uranus sudden change and Neptune imagination, and all three sit on one point. Many people born in 1988 share these planets; their place on the angle belongs to this chart.
Our pages: Saturn in Capricorn · Uranus in Capricorn · Neptune in Capricorn · 7th house.
Water on both angles: Cancer in the east, Pisces overhead
Cancer was rising over Tottenham from 7:55 a.m. to 10:24 a.m., and her birth came 24 minutes into that window. The midheaven is 1°01′ Pisces. Pisces arrived there 3 minutes ahead of her birth and stays until 10:06 a.m.
The midheaven marks public standing; Pisces there gives an imaginative, mood-led presence before an audience.
Our pages: Cancer rising · Midheaven in Pisces · rising sign calculator.
Sun joined to Jupiter, opposed by Pluto
Jupiter at 13°14′ of Taurus sits 1°46′ from the Sun, in the 11th house beside it. A Sun-Jupiter conjunction brings confidence in the area where it falls, here friends and audiences.
Pluto at 11°05′ of Scorpio, retrograde, lies in the 5th house of creativity and performance. It opposes Jupiter, 2°09′ off, and the Sun, 3°56′ off, while Mars at 18°56′ of Aquarius squares the Sun, 3°56′ off.
Our pages: Jupiter in Taurus · Pluto in Scorpio · Mars in Aquarius · 5th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Adele's chart
- Moon opposition Venus orb 0°53′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°03′
- Saturn conjunction Uranus orb 1°25′
- Sun conjunction Jupiter orb 1°46′
- Jupiter opposition Pluto orb 2°09′
- Jupiter trine Neptune orb 3°12′
- Sun opposition Pluto orb 3°56′
- Sun square Mars orb 3°56′
- Moon conjunction Uranus orb 4°26′
- Sun trine Neptune orb 4°58′
- Venus opposition Uranus orb 5°19′
- Mars square Jupiter orb 5°42′
- Moon conjunction Saturn orb 5°51′
- Venus trine Mars orb 6°24′
- Venus opposition Saturn orb 6°44′
- Moon sextile Mars orb 7°17′
- Mars square Pluto orb 7°51′
- Saturn conjunction Neptune orb 7°57′
Orbs: 8° for conjunction, opposition, square and trine, 6° for sextile, 2° more when the Sun or Moon is involved; Node, Lilith, Ascendant and Midheaven not counted. Same rules as our birth chart calculator.
Questions about Adele's chart
What is Adele's rising sign?
Cancer, at 5°31′ Cancer, from 7:55 a.m. to 10:24 a.m. on May 5, 1988.
Is Adele a Taurus?
The Sun stood at 15°01′ of Taurus on her birthday, with Jupiter beside it at 13°14′.
Which sign holds her Moon?
Sagittarius, at 26°14′. It leaves for Capricorn at 2:54 p.m. that afternoon.
When was Adele born?
On May 5, 1988, at 8:19 in the morning in Tottenham, England.
What is her midheaven?
Pisces, at 1°01′ Pisces, held from 8:16 a.m. to 10:06 a.m.
Does the rectified 8:52 a.m. change her rising sign?
No: the ascendant is still Cancer, at 12°23′.
Sources
- Astronomy Engine: the open-source ephemeris library behind our planet positions, dates and statistics
- Astro-Databank (Astrodienst): published birth charts we test the calculation against
- How we create our readings: our own calculation of sign dates, positions and the 1930 to 2025 statistics
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Astrology is a symbolic tradition, not a science. This page explains what the tradition says about the placements in a published chart; it makes no claims about Adele's character, health or private life. Birth data: Astro-Databank (Astrodienst), checked October 20, 2026. Positions: our calculation with the astronomy-engine ephemeris; it matches the Sun, Moon and ascendant degrees Astro-Databank publishes for this chart to within one arc minute.