Whitney Houston sang as a session vocalist and modeled as a teenager, then signed to Arista Records at 19. Her debut album, Whitney Houston (1985), is the best-selling debut by a solo artist, and with Whitney (1987) she became the first woman to enter the Billboard 200 at number one. She starred in The Bodyguard in 1992, and its soundtrack won the Grammy for Album of the Year and spent 20 weeks at number one. She died on February 11, 2012, at 48.
Birth certificate in hand since 1988
Astro-Databank rates the chart AA. The source note reads "B.C. in hand from Kathryn Farmer, August 1988": the collector held a copy of the birth certificate. The entry lists a single time, which leaves nothing to weigh it against.
Pisces rose in Newark from 8:35 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. The birth came 20 minutes into that window and 51 minutes before it closed, when Aries took over the horizon. The midheaven was in Sagittarius for the whole stretch.
| Point | Sign at birth | In that sign | Before and after |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rising sign | ♓︎ Pisces | 8:35 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. | Aquarius before, Aries after |
| Midheaven | ♐︎ Sagittarius | 7:37 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. | Scorpio before, Capricorn after |
| Moon | ♈︎ Aries | all day | n/a |
Moon and Jupiter in Aries, both in her 1st house
Her Moon is at 17°05′ of Aries and Jupiter at 19°29′, 2°23′ apart. The Moon was in Aries from midnight to midnight that day. Jupiter is retrograde, marked R in the table.
The ascendant at 8°25′ Pisces opens the 1st house, which the tradition gives to the body and first impressions, and Placidus houses put both planets inside it. Whole Sign houses, where Pisces rising makes Aries the 2nd, move both into the 2nd, the house of money and belongings. Jupiter, the traditional ruler of Pisces, stands in the 1st house beside the Moon. A Moon there is usually read as feeling that shows on the surface.
Mars in Libra stands opposite the Moon, a wide 8°35′ from exact. Mars is the traditional ruler of Aries.
Our pages: Moon in Aries · Jupiter in Aries · Pisces rising · 1st house.
Sun trine Moon, under half a degree from exact
Her Sun is at 16°42′ of Leo and her Moon at 17°05′ of Aries. Leo and Aries are fire signs a trine apart, and the two lights are 0°24′ from an exact trine. Nothing else in the chart is closer. A Sun-Moon trine is described as will and feeling pulling the same way.
Jupiter adds a second trine to the Sun, 2°47′ off. Fire holds four planets: the Sun and Venus in Leo, the Moon and Jupiter in Aries. The midheaven, at 18°23′ Sagittarius, is fire as well, and it held Sagittarius until 9:46 p.m.
Our pages: Leo · Venus in Leo · Midheaven in Sagittarius · Sun, Moon and rising together.
Leo Sun facing Saturn in Aquarius
Saturn is at 20°00′ of Aquarius, retrograde, across the zodiac from her Sun and 3°18′ from an exact opposition. Aquarius is the sign opposite Leo, so the pair sits on the old Leo and Aquarius axis. Saturn falls in the 12th in both house systems, the house traditionally given to what stays hidden.
It also makes a sextile to Jupiter, 0°31′ from exact, which links the Aries pair to Aquarius. Saturn-Jupiter contacts are read as limits and growth in balance.
Our pages: Saturn in Aquarius · 12th house · Aquarius.
Mercury, Uranus and Pluto in Virgo
Mercury at 10°15′, Uranus at 4°27′ and Pluto at 11°01′ of Virgo form the one other crowded sign in the chart. With Whole Sign houses all three are in the 7th, the house of partnerships. With Placidus Mercury and Pluto stay in the 7th and Uranus moves back to the 6th.
Mercury rules Virgo and sits 0°46′ from Pluto, a close conjunction. Mercury with Pluto is read as a mind that goes deep into whatever it takes up.
Our pages: Mercury in Virgo · Uranus in Virgo · Pluto in Virgo · 7th house.
All major aspects between the planets in Whitney Houston's chart
- Sun trine Moon orb 0°24′
- Jupiter sextile Saturn orb 0°31′
- Mercury conjunction Pluto orb 0°46′
- Venus square Neptune orb 1°45′
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 1°56′
- Moon conjunction Jupiter orb 2°23′
- Mercury sextile Neptune orb 2°42′
- Venus sextile Mars orb 2°42′
- Sun trine Jupiter orb 2°47′
- Moon sextile Saturn orb 2°55′
- Sun opposition Saturn orb 3°18′
- Sun square Neptune orb 3°45′
- Sun conjunction Venus orb 5°30′
- Mercury conjunction Uranus orb 5°48′
- Moon trine Venus orb 5°53′
- Uranus conjunction Pluto orb 6°34′
- Saturn square Neptune orb 7°03′
- Moon opposition Mars orb 8°35′
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 Whitney Houston's chart
What is Whitney Houston's rising sign?
Pisces, at 8°25′ Pisces, from the certificate time, 8:55 p.m. Pisces rose in Newark from 8:35 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. that evening.
What Moon sign does Whitney Houston have?
Aries, at 17°05′, for the entire day of August 9, 1963.
What zodiac sign was Whitney Houston?
Leo. She was born on August 9, 1963, and her Sun is at 16°42′ of Leo.
When was Whitney Houston born, to the minute?
8:55 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time in Newark, New Jersey, taken from a birth certificate and graded AA by Astro-Databank.
What is Whitney Houston's Jupiter sign?
Aries, at 19°29′, retrograde. Placidus puts it in the 1st house, Whole Sign in the 2nd.
What is Whitney Houston's midheaven?
Sagittarius, at 18°23′ Sagittarius. It moved into Capricorn at 9:46 p.m.
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 Whitney Houston'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.