Shakira is a Colombian singer-songwriter from Barranquilla. She made her recording debut with Sony Music Colombia at 14 and became known across Latin America with Pies Descalzos and Dónde Están los Ladrones? in 1998. Laundry Service, in 2001, was her first English-language album and carried "Whenever, Wherever". Her song "Waka Waka (This Time for Africa)" was the official song of the 2010 FIFA World Cup. She coached on two seasons of The Voice, in 2013 and 2014, and released Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran in 2024.
A biography, and an older 10:08 a.m.
The time comes from the biography Shakira: que viva Colombia! by Edgar García Ochoa (Planeta, 2001), quoted by the Astro-Databank collector Sy Scholfield: "a las 9 y 30 de la mañana", at 9:30 in the morning. Astro-Databank rates it B, since the book names no source for the hour.
Before that the entry held 10:08 a.m., taken from astrology websites with no known origin. It keeps the same signs on the ascendant, midheaven and Moon, with the ascendant at 17°37′ Aries.
| Birth time | Where it came from | Rising sign | Moon |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 a.m. | biography by Edgar García Ochoa (Planeta, 2001), quoted by Sy Scholfield; rated B | ♈︎ Aries 6°23′ | Cancer |
| 10:08 a.m. | earlier entry from astrology websites, origin unknown | ♈︎ Aries 17°37′ | Cancer |
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♈︎ Aries | 9:09 a.m. to 10:50 a.m. | Pisces before, Taurus after |
| Midheaven | ♑︎ Capricorn | 9:09 a.m. to 11:16 a.m. | Sagittarius before, Aquarius after |
| Moon | ♋︎ Cancer | midnight to 7:11 p.m. | Leo after |
Rising sign, midheaven and Moon calculated by us for each time, Barranquilla, Colombia time (UTC-5).
Cancer Moon facing Capricorn Mars
The Moon at 24°46′ of Cancer is 0°05′ from an exact opposition to Mars at 24°42′ of Capricorn. Both sit on the line from the 4th house to the 10th, in the Placidus and the Whole Sign systems alike. The 4th stands for home and family ground, the 10th for public life, so this pairing reads as private feeling set against visible ambition.
The Moon, the body of instinct and mood, entered Cancer at 10:20 a.m. on January 31 and leaves for Leo at 7:12 p.m. on her birthday. Mars is exalted in Capricorn and rules Aries, her rising sign, which makes it the ruler of the chart. Mercury at 19°08′ of Capricorn joins it in the 10th house, and both trine Jupiter in Taurus, at 21°44′.
Our pages: Moon in Cancer · Mars in Capricorn · Mercury in Capricorn · Jupiter in Taurus · 4th house · 10th house.
Aries on the horizon until 10:50 a.m.
Aries came over the Barranquilla horizon at 9:09 a.m., and she was born 21 minutes into it. Taurus follows at 10:51 a.m. The ascendant, 6°23′ Aries, is the manner a person shows first, and Aries there gives a quick, direct one.
The midheaven is 4°56′ Capricorn, early in a sign that the tradition ties to discipline and long effort. Aquarius takes it at 11:17 a.m. Her Mars stands further along Capricorn, past the midheaven, which ties the two points together.
Our pages: Aries rising · Midheaven in Capricorn · rising sign calculator · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Aquarius Sun between Saturn and Pluto
The Sun at 13°39′ of Aquarius entered the sign on January 19. Saturn, retrograde at 13°25′ of Leo, opposes it, 0°13′ from exact. Pluto, also retrograde, at 14°06′ of Libra, trines it, 0°27′ off. Saturn and Pluto also sextile each other, 0°41′ apart, so the three form a closed figure.
The tradition reads a Sun-Saturn opposition as self-expression met by restraint, and Pluto's trine as intensity that runs smoothly. The Sun is in the 11th house, which belongs to groups and audiences, Saturn in the 5th, the house of performance, and Pluto in the 7th, in both systems.
Our pages: Aquarius · Saturn in Leo · Pluto in Libra · 11th house · 5th house.
Venus on the first degrees of Aries
Venus stands at 0°20′ of Aries, barely inside the sign. Placidus files it under the 12th house, the traditional home of the hidden; Whole Sign files it under the 1st, which is self and appearance. Venus stands for attraction and taste, and in Aries it turns direct and impatient with delay. It trines the Moon, 5°34′ off, and sextiles Mars, 5°39′ off.
Our pages: Venus in Aries · 12th house · 1st house.
All major aspects between the planets in Shakira's chart
- Moon opposition Mars orb 0°05′
- Sun opposition Saturn orb 0°13′
- Sun trine Pluto orb 0°27′
- Saturn sextile Pluto orb 0°41′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°31′
- Saturn square Uranus orb 1°42′
- Sun square Uranus orb 1°56′
- Sun sextile Neptune orb 1°58′
- Saturn trine Neptune orb 2°12′
- Mercury trine Jupiter orb 2°36′
- Mars trine Jupiter orb 2°58′
- Moon sextile Jupiter orb 3°02′
- Mercury square Pluto orb 5°02′
- Mercury conjunction Mars orb 5°34′
- Moon trine Venus orb 5°34′
- Moon opposition Mercury orb 5°38′
- Venus sextile Mars orb 5°39′
- Sun square Jupiter orb 8°05′
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 Shakira's chart
Which sign rises for Shakira?
Aries, at 6°23′ Aries, from 9:09 a.m. to 10:50 a.m.
Which sign holds her Moon?
Cancer, at 24°46′, opposite Mars and 0°05′ from exact.
Is Shakira an Aquarius?
She is, with the Sun at 13°39′ on February 2, 1977.
When was Shakira born?
At 9:30 a.m. on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia, according to a 2001 biography.
Where is Shakira's Venus?
Just inside Aries, at 0°20′. The two house systems disagree on it: 12th under Placidus, 1st under Whole Sign.
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 Shakira'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.