Tyra Banks became one of the leading fashion models of the 1990s, and in 1997 she was the first Black woman on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue. In 2003 she created America's Next Top Model, which she executive produced and hosted for its first twenty-two seasons. Her daytime series The Tyra Banks Show ran from 2005 to 2010 and won two Daytime Emmy Awards, and her novel Modelland (2010) topped the New York Times best-seller list in 2011.
A certificate number from the Norwalk office
The AA rating from Astro-Databank rests on a single time. Its source note says Marc Penfield quoted birth certificate #7097-090034 after viewing it at the Norwalk Registrar office, so there is no second chart to compare.
The minute still has some slack. Cancer rising lasted in Inglewood from 5:51 p.m. to 8:09 p.m., between Gemini and Leo. She was born 82 minutes into that window and 56 minutes before it closed, so a clock error of under 56 minutes in either direction would leave the ascendant in Cancer. The midheaven is the tighter point.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♋︎ Cancer | 5:51 p.m. to 8:09 p.m. | Gemini before, Leo after |
| Midheaven | ♈︎ Aries | 6:59 p.m. to 8:49 p.m. | Pisces before, Taurus after |
| Moon | ♈︎ Aries | 5:50 a.m. to midnight | Pisces before |
Midheaven in Aries, just over the line
Her midheaven is at 4°01′ Aries. Pisces held it until just before 6:59 p.m., Aries took over 14 minutes ahead of the recorded time, and the sign lasted until 8:49 p.m.
That makes the midheaven the one angle a small clock error would change: a time a quarter hour earlier gives a Pisces midheaven.
The midheaven is the point of public standing and career direction, and Aries there is read as a role built on starting things and going first.
Our pages: Aries midheaven · 10th house · birth chart calculator.
Moon and Mars both in Aries, in the 10th house
The Moon is at 7°19′ of Aries and Mars at 25°51′. Both fall in the 10th house, the house of reputation and work, under Placidus and Whole Sign alike. Four other planets change house between the two systems: the Sun, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune.
The Moon in Aries is usually described as quick, direct feeling, and Mars is in the sign it rules. Mars also stands opposite Uranus in Libra at 26°17′, 0°26′ from exact, a pairing read as abrupt, restless action. Uranus sits in the 4th house in both systems.
Our pages: Moon in Aries · Mars in Aries · Uranus in Libra.
Cardinal signs hold six of the ten planets
The cardinal signs are Aries, Cancer, Libra and Capricorn, the four that open the seasons. Six planets are in them: the Moon and Mars in Aries, Saturn in Cancer at 2°43′, Uranus and Pluto in Libra, and Venus in Capricorn at 27°52′. Saturn is retrograde. The ascendant in Cancer and the midheaven in Aries are cardinal too.
Only four planets are elsewhere: the Sun and Neptune in Sagittarius, Mercury in Scorpio and Jupiter in Aquarius, two mutable and two fixed. Cardinal is the quality that starts projects, and a chart weighted this heavily toward it is read as built around initiative.
Our pages: Venus in Capricorn · Saturn in Cancer · Pluto in Libra · Mercury in Scorpio.
Moon trine Neptune, almost to the minute
The Moon at 7°19′ of Aries and Neptune at 7°22′ of Sagittarius make a trine only 0°03′ from exact, her closest aspect of all. Both signs are fire. A Moon-Neptune trine is read as imagination and a feel for atmosphere.
The Moon entered Aries at 5:50 a.m. that day, so a chart cast for the earlier hours would show a Pisces Moon. Her Sun, at 12°51′ of Sagittarius, is in a wide conjunction with Neptune, 5°29′ apart. The pair is in the 5th house with Placidus, where tradition places play and performance, and in the 6th under Whole Sign.
Our pages: Neptune in Sagittarius · Sagittarius · 5th house · moon sign calculator.
All major aspects between the planets in Tyra Banks's chart
- Moon trine Neptune orb 0°03′
- Mars opposition Uranus orb 0°26′
- Moon opposition Pluto orb 0°51′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 0°53′
- Venus square Uranus orb 1°35′
- Jupiter sextile Neptune orb 1°39′
- Moon sextile Jupiter orb 1°42′
- Venus square Mars orb 2°01′
- Jupiter trine Pluto orb 2°32′
- Mercury sextile Venus orb 3°12′
- Saturn square Pluto orb 3°46′
- Sun sextile Jupiter orb 3°50′
- Moon square Saturn orb 4°37′
- Sun conjunction Neptune orb 5°29′
- Sun trine Moon orb 5°31′
- Sun sextile Pluto orb 6°22′
- Saturn trine Uranus orb 6°25′
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 Tyra Banks's chart
Is Tyra Banks a Cancer rising?
Yes. Her ascendant is 18°08′ Cancer. Cancer was on the horizon in Inglewood from 5:51 p.m. to 8:09 p.m. on December 4, 1973.
Which moon sign does Tyra Banks have?
Aries, at 7°19′. The Moon crossed into Aries at 5:50 a.m. that day.
What zodiac sign is Tyra Banks?
Sagittarius. She was born on December 4, 1973, and her Sun is at 12°51′ of Sagittarius.
When and where was Tyra Banks born?
In Inglewood, California, at 7:13 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on December 4, 1973, per birth certificate #7097-090034. The record is graded AA.
Where is her midheaven?
In Aries, at 4°01′ Aries. It crossed from Pisces at 6:59 p.m., 14 minutes before she was born.
Which sign is her Mars in?
Aries, at 25°51′, in the 10th house beside the Moon.
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 Tyra Banks'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.