Cyril Ramaphosa’s birth chart
Born 17 November 1952, in Soweto, South Africa. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Scorpio Sun · Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Cyril Ramaphosa’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Cyril Ramaphosa was born in Soweto, South Africa, on 17 November 1952, a Monday. Their zodiac sign is Scorpio. The Moon left Scorpio for Sagittarius at about 23:35 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Cyril turns 74 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for Cyril, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
By element the count is three earth, two fire, two air and two water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. Cardinal signs hold five, fixed signs three and mutable signs one. The tightest aspect is Saturn conjunction Neptune, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Two planets were retrograde: Jupiter and Uranus. The Moon was new.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 17 November, among them Martin Scorsese, Rachel McAdams and Danny DeVito.
See the sky the day Cyril was born: the stars over Soweto, South Africa, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Scorpio
about 25° Scorpio at midday
A Scorpio Sun goes deep. Surface answers are unlikely to satisfy Cyril Ramaphosa, and with this Sun, loyalty, once given, tends to be total. This placement is built for transformation: it ends chapters fully so the next one can begin.
Moon sign
Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 23:35, then Sagittarius (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 23:35: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Cyril that suggests trust that is slow, private and absolute; betrayal, once it happens, is not forgotten. This Moon is restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.
Born after about 23:35: Moon in Sagittarius
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Cyril, and being fenced in by other people's moods tends to weigh them down. This Moon needs room, and someone who thinks that is fine.
Rising sign
The rising sign changes about every two hours, so it cannot be known without a birth time. The table below shows which sign was rising over Soweto, South Africa, at each hour of the day.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Cyril yet. It shows a birth time only when Astro-Databank rates it AA, A or B on the Rodden scale (AA from a birth certificate or record, A from the person, someone close to them or a news report, B from a biography). Until then, this is the rising sign for every possible time of birth on 17 November 1952, computed for Soweto, South Africa.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:55 | Leo rising |
| 00:55 to 02:25 | Virgo rising |
| 02:25 to 03:55 | Libra rising |
| 03:55 to 05:35 | Scorpio rising |
| 05:35 to 07:35 | Sagittarius rising |
| 07:35 to 09:50 | Capricorn rising |
| 09:50 to 12:10 | Aquarius rising |
| 12:10 to 14:25 | Pisces rising |
| 14:25 to 16:35 | Aries rising |
| 16:35 to 18:55 | Taurus rising |
| 18:55 to 21:10 | Gemini rising |
| 21:10 to 23:10 | Cancer rising |
| 23:10 to 24:00 | Leo rising |
Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for midday on 17 November 1952, with only the aspects that held all day. The Moon may stand up to eight degrees either side of where it is drawn. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 25° Scorpio 00' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Scorpio until about 23:35, then Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 15° Sagittarius 55' |
| Venus | 1° Capricorn 55' |
| Mars | 26° Capricorn 39' |
| Jupiter | 14° Taurus 41'℞ |
| Saturn | 22° Libra 20' |
| Uranus | 18° Cancer 17'℞ |
| Neptune | 22° Libra 38' |
| Pluto | 23° Leo 15' |
| North Node | 16° Aquarius 03' |
| South Node | 16° Leo 03' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Cyril Ramaphosa’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Cyril Ramaphosa’s private life.
The Sun in Scorpio finds purpose in going past the surface of things, and Cyril Ramaphosa's vitality tends to be fuelled by intensity rather than ease. The catch can be needing a crisis or a deep dive before they feel fully engaged. Small talk tends to bore them; a subject that interests them absorbs them completely.
Moon in Scorpio or Sagittarius
Scorpio until about 23:35, then Sagittarius
needs and habits
Born before about 23:35: Moon in Scorpio
For Cyril, the Moon in Scorpio means emotional needs that run deep and private, and a preference for managing a hard feeling alone over explaining it while it is still raw. Trust builds slowly and is rarely given back once broken. Even among the people closest to them, this Moon is likely to need real privacy.
Born after about 23:35: Moon in Sagittarius
The Moon in Sagittarius needs room to move and a bit of novelty in its routine to feel right. A schedule with no give in it can make Cyril edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
Cyril's Mercury in Sagittarius thinks in big, connective leaps and communicates with enthusiasm and a wide frame of reference drawn from everywhere they have been. The weak point is generalising past what the details support. A specific question may get a sweeping theory nobody quite asked for.
For Cyril, Venus in Capricorn means loving in a measured, committed way and valuing stability, ambition and someone to build a life with. The trap is treating a relationship like a project to manage rather than let unfold. With this Venus, love comes out more easily as providing and planning than as words said out loud.
Mars in Capricorn acts with discipline and patience, playing a longer game than most, and in Cyril's case its anger tends to be controlled, arriving as coldness rather than heat. The tendency is to go quiet and distant instead of saying what is wrong. A frustration is something to outwork rather than voice.
Jupiter in Taurus
14° Taurus 41' at midday ℞
growth and excess
In Cyril's chart, Jupiter in Taurus grows through patience, and what it builds tends to come together slowly and steadily rather than in one leap. Taken too far, that can become excess: holding on to more comfort or more stuff than serves them. They are probably generous with food, gifts and shared pleasures, and now and then generosity tips into indulgence.
For Cyril, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.
Uranus in Cancer
18° Cancer 17' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Cyril alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Neptune in Libra
22° Libra 38' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Cyril among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Pluto in Leo
23° Leo 15' at midday
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Cyril, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Cyril Ramaphosa’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first. Without a birth time the orbs are those at midday, and aspects to the Moon are left out because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day.
Saturn conjunction Neptune
about 0.3° at midday
Cyril Ramaphosa tends to give a vague dream a workable shape, because Saturn conjunct Neptune ties discipline closely to imagination. It makes them unusually able to turn inspiration into something lasting, provided doubt is not allowed to talk them out of an idea before it has been tested.
Saturn sextile Pluto
about 0.9° at midday
No crisis is needed to bring out Cyril's resilience, because discipline and depth are on working terms in this sextile. Long, steady effort tends to be rewarded in ways that build quietly over time, not all at once.
Sun sextile Mars
about 1.7° at midday
Cyril's identity and energy work together, giving them an easy confidence that is there when they decide to use it. With this aspect, taking the initiative comes more naturally than might be expected, especially when the stakes are theirs to own.
Sun square Pluto
about 1.8° at midday
With this aspect, Cyril's identity can get entangled in struggles over control, whether inwardly or with people who challenge them. Whenever Cyril chooses to change rather than to dominate, the friction turns into hard-won strength they can rely on the next time things get difficult.
Jupiter sextile Uranus
about 3.6° at midday
This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so Cyril can take up a fresh opportunity without much disruption. Think of it as innovation at low cost, the kind that improves something without first tearing it down.
Mars square Neptune
about 4.0° at midday
Under this square, drive can dissolve into confusion or self-doubt just when clarity matters most, especially around goals that involve other people's expectations. It helps Cyril to separate the plan itself from the feeling of overwhelm that surrounds it.
The rest, listed without a reading. Those between Uranus, Neptune and Pluto hold for years at a time, so everyone born while one holds shares it.
- Neptune sextile Plutoabout 0.6°
- Saturn square Uranusabout 4.0°
- Mars square Saturnabout 4.3°
- Uranus square Neptuneabout 4.4°
- Sun trine Uranusabout 6.7°
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How this page is made
Planet positions are computed with the astronomy-engine ephemeris and checked against Swiss Ephemeris. Birth dates and places come from Wikidata; birth times, where StarMap has one, come from Astro-Databank and are shown with their Rodden rating. The readings describe what a placement is traditionally taken to mean. They are written by StarMap for reflection and entertainment, not as statements about the person’s private life. New to charts? How to read a birth chart.
Birth data: Wikidata. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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