Lana Del Rey, born Elizabeth Woolridge Grant, released Born to Die in January 2012; its single "Summertime Sadness" became her highest-charting song in the US. Her album Ultraviolence (2014) opened at number one on the Billboard 200.
From a Gemini chart to a Cancer chart
Astro-Databank rates this time A, a time given by the person herself. She wrote on Twitter: "I'm actually a cancer I was born at 4:47 PM." In her song "Chemtrails Over the Country Club" she sings "My Cancer is Sun, and my Leo is Moon," which matches this chart.
The entry used to carry 2:46 a.m., rated C, from an unverifiable Instagram screenshot. At that hour the Sun was still in Gemini. In an interview she said, "I lived my life as a Gemini, and then I found out I was four hours short."
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:47 p.m. | she gave it on Twitter; rated A | ♏︎ Scorpio 15°28′ | Leo |
| 2:46 a.m. | old entry, unverified screenshot; rated C | ♉︎ Taurus 13°35′ | Leo |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♏︎ Scorpio | 3:29 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Libra before, Sagittarius after |
| Midheaven | ♌︎ Leo | 3:06 p.m. to 5:04 p.m. | Cancer before, Virgo after |
| Moon | ♌︎ Leo | all day | n/a |
Rising sign and Moon calculated by us for each time, New York, Eastern Daylight Time.
A Sun that had been in Cancer since morning
June 21, 1985, was the solstice. The Sun crossed from Gemini into Cancer at 6:45 a.m., New York time, and at 4:47 p.m. it was at 0°24′ of Cancer. A birth in the early hours, like the old 2:46 a.m. time, falls before that crossing and gives a Gemini Sun. The "four hours short" in her remark is that gap seen from the other side.
Mercury and Mars are in Cancer too, all three in the 8th house with Placidus and the 9th with Whole Sign houses. The tradition reads Cancer as the sign of home, memory and protection. The Sun trines Pluto and opposes Neptune, both within two degrees.
Our pages: Cancer · Gemini · Mercury in Cancer · Mars in Cancer.
The Leo Moon from her lyric
The Moon is at 10°34′ of Leo and was in Leo for the whole day, so both the old and the new chart agree with the line she sings. The midheaven is in Leo as well, at 25°28′ Leo. Astrologers read a Leo Moon as feeling that wants to be seen and expressed in a grand way.
Our pages: Moon in Leo · Midheaven in Leo · Moon sign calculator.
Scorpio rising, the sign she guessed
Asked about her rising sign in an interview, she wondered whether it was "a Gemini or a Cancer again... or a Scorpio? Scorpio Rising." With 4:47 p.m. the ascendant is at 15°28′ Scorpio, so the guess was right. Scorpio rose in New York that afternoon from 3:29 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturn, retrograde in Scorpio, is in the 1st house. In the tradition Scorpio rising is read as private and intense, and Saturn near the ascendant as seriousness and reserve. Five of her ten planets were retrograde, including all of the slow ones from Jupiter outward.
Our pages: rising sign calculator · Saturn in Scorpio · Venus in Taurus.
All major aspects between the planets in Lana Del Rey's chart
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 0°15′
- Jupiter sextile Uranus orb 1°08′
- Mercury sextile Venus orb 1°28′
- Venus square Jupiter orb 1°35′
- Sun trine Pluto orb 1°38′
- Sun opposition Neptune orb 1°53′
- Moon square Venus orb 4°21′
- Moon trine Uranus orb 4°49′
- Jupiter square Saturn orb 5°51′
- Moon opposition Jupiter orb 5°56′
- Mars opposition Neptune orb 5°57′
- Mercury trine Saturn orb 5°58′
- Mars trine Pluto orb 6°12′
- Venus opposition Saturn orb 7°27′
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 7°51′
- Moon square Pluto orb 8°32′
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 Lana Del Rey's chart
What is Lana Del Rey's rising sign?
Scorpio, at 15°28′ Scorpio, from the 4:47 p.m. time she gave herself.
What is Lana Del Rey's moon sign?
Leo, at 10°34′. She names it in "Chemtrails Over the Country Club."
Is Lana Del Rey a Cancer or a Gemini?
A Cancer, at 0°24′. The Sun entered Cancer at 6:45 a.m. on June 21, 1985, before her afternoon birth.
What time was Lana Del Rey born?
4:47 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in New York, by her own statement. Astro-Databank rates it A.
What is Lana Del Rey's midheaven?
Leo, at 25°28′ Leo.
What is Lana Del Rey's Venus sign?
Taurus, at 14°55′.
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 Lana Del Rey'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.