Esma Redžepova’s birth chart
Born 8 August 1943, in Skopje, North Macedonia. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Esma Redžepova’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Esma Redžepova was born on Sunday, 8 August 1943, in Skopje, North Macedonia. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo was their zodiac sign. The Moon left Libra for Scorpio at about 00:40 local time, which leaves the Moon sign open without a birth time. Esma died on 10 December 2016, aged 73. No verified birth time is on file for Esma; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
By element the count is three fire, three earth, three air and no water, leaving out the Moon, whose sign depends on the birth time. By modality the count is four fixed, four mutable and one cardinal. Sun, Jupiter and Pluto all fall in Leo. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Jupiter and Uranus: a sextile, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Every planet was moving direct. Over the course of the day the Moon went from waxing crescent to first quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 8 August, among them Roger Federer, Dustin Hoffman and Jostein Gaarder.
See the sky the day Esma was born: the stars over Skopje, North Macedonia, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Esma Redžepova’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 14° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Esma Redžepova that suggests warmth, generosity and a need to be seen for who they really are, running through much of what they do. This placement grows by learning that the light is not diminished when it is shared.
Moon sign
Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 00:40, then Scorpio (local time). Which one depends on a birth time StarMap does not have.
Born before about 00:40: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Esma, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.
Born after about 00:40: Moon in Scorpio
The Moon in Scorpio feels everything and shows little. For Esma 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.
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 Skopje, North Macedonia, at each hour of the day.
Esma Redžepova’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Esma 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 8 August 1943, computed for Skopje, North Macedonia.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:05 | Taurus rising |
| 00:05 to 02:00 | Gemini rising |
| 02:00 to 04:25 | Cancer rising |
| 04:25 to 07:00 | Leo rising |
| 07:00 to 09:30 | Virgo rising |
| 09:30 to 12:05 | Libra rising |
| 12:05 to 14:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:40 to 17:00 | Sagittarius rising |
| 17:00 to 18:55 | Capricorn rising |
| 18:55 to 20:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:20 to 21:30 | Pisces rising |
| 21:30 to 22:40 | Aries rising |
| 22:40 to 24:00 | Taurus 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 8 August 1943, 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 | 14° Leo 59' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Libra until about 00:40, then Scorpio |
| Mercury | 4° Virgo 54' |
| Venus | 19° Virgo 34' |
| Mars | 20° Taurus 45' |
| Jupiter | 8° Leo 26' |
| Saturn | 23° Gemini 20' |
| Uranus | 8° Gemini 15' |
| Neptune | 0° Libra 09' |
| Pluto | 7° Leo 05' |
| North Node | 15° Leo 55' |
| South Node | 15° Aquarius 55' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Esma Redžepova’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Esma Redžepova’s private life.
Purpose for Esma Redžepova is probably tied to creating and being seen doing it, and a Leo Sun's vitality rises the moment there is an audience, even an audience of one. The tension is losing steam when no one is watching. The giveaway is often the extra effort that goes into something the moment someone notices them making it.
Moon in Libra or Scorpio
Libra until about 00:40, then Scorpio
needs and habits
Born before about 00:40: Moon in Libra
A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Esma's whole afternoon. Comfort comes from pleasant company and pleasant spaces. The habit to watch is smoothing things over before they have worked out what they want.
Born after about 00:40: Moon in Scorpio
For Esma, 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.
For Esma, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
With Venus in Virgo, Esma is likely to love through small, practical acts of service and to value competence and reliability in a partner. People with this Venus tend to be hardest on those they love most, and can mistake giving notes for giving care. They may try to fix a partner's problem before simply listening to it.
Mars in Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times Esma may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
Jupiter in Leo
8° Leo 26' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Leo grows through creative confidence and a willingness to take up space. For Esma the overreach may be overselling their own contribution or expecting more credit than a situation calls for. There is a natural showmanship here that lifts a room, and occasionally a story that grows a little in the retelling.
Saturn in Gemini builds discipline around clear expression, and it often begins with doubt about whether an idea is good enough to say out loud. For Esma that would mean overpreparing before speaking or writing anything. Once the self-consciousness eases, the result can be someone unusually precise and credible with words.
Uranus in Gemini
8° Gemini 15' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Esma and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Libra
0° Libra 09' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Esma 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
7° Leo 05' 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 Esma, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Esma Redžepova’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.
Jupiter sextile Uranus
about 0.2° at midday
This sextile puts possibility and originality on easy terms, so Esma Redžepova 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.
Venus trine Mars
about 1.2° at midday
Esma is likely to have a warm, confident way of going after what, and who, they want, since affection and drive back each other up. Romance and creative work tend to come without strain under this trine, in a manner other people find refreshingly straightforward.
Jupiter conjunction Pluto
about 1.4° at midday
Jupiter conjunct Pluto describes growth that is intense and transformative, and Esma is likely to pursue opportunities that change their circumstances outright instead of merely improving them. Ambition comes with it, and the skill is pacing that intensity so that it builds and does not flare and fade.
Mercury square Uranus
about 3.3° at midday
With Mercury square Uranus, the mind can jump so quickly that other people struggle to follow, or Esma may dismiss a slower approach that had merit. A good idea, paced, gives other people the chance to use it.
Venus square Saturn
about 3.8° at midday
Venus square Saturn can pair the desire for closeness with a fear of not being quite enough to keep it. For Esma that may mean self-doubt in relationships that have given no reason for it, and the fear can ease each time they let themselves be loved without first having to deserve it.
Sun square Mars
about 5.8° at midday
Impatience, or a habit of picking fights that did not need picking, can come from the clash between Esma's sense of self and their drive to act. With the Sun square Mars, a pause between the impulse and the action turns this friction into determination they can use.
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.
- Uranus sextile Plutoabout 1.2°
- Sun conjunction Jupiterabout 6.5°
- Saturn square Neptuneabout 6.8°
- Sun conjunction Plutoabout 7.9°
Leo Suns born within 2 years of Esma Redžepova
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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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