Kurt Cobain’s birth chart
Born 20 February 1967, in Aberdeen, Washington, at 19:38 (Rodden AA).
Pisces Sun · Cancer Moon · Virgo rising
Kurt Cobain’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
20 February 1967 was a Monday: the day Kurt Cobain was born in Aberdeen, Washington. Their zodiac sign was Pisces, with the Moon in Cancer and Virgo rising. Kurt died on 5 April 1994, aged 27. The birth time, 19:38, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of AA, which means it was taken from a birth certificate or birth record.
Water carries the most weight: eight of the ten planets, against earth two, fire none and air none. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is two, two and six. Four planets stand together in Pisces: Sun, Mercury, Venus and Saturn. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Sun and Mars: a trine, exact to a tenth of a degree. Jupiter, Uranus and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was waxing gibbous, between first quarter and full.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 20 February, among them Rihanna, Sidney Poitier and Joao Grimaldo. David Herman was born on the very same day. Wikidata links Kurt with one person in the dataset: Courtney Love (married from 1992 until 1994).
See the sky the night Kurt was born: the stars over Aberdeen, Washington at 19:38, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Kurt Cobain’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Pisces
1° Pisces 48'
A Pisces Sun feels it all. Imagination, empathy and a porous sense of where the self ends and others begin tend to make Kurt Cobain the kind of person people confide in. This placement needs boundaries as much as it needs the sea.
Moon sign
Cancer
13° Cancer 23'
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Kurt that points to feelings that are tidal, strong and closely tied to the people they love, and to a memory for how everything felt. This Moon is restored by home, by cooking, and by being needed.
Rising sign
Virgo
23° Virgo 20'
Virgo rising gives Kurt a first impression that is precise, observant and modest. People tend to trust the judgement of a Virgo rising and sometimes mistake that reserve for coolness, until they see how much help is on offer.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 19:38 on 20 February 1967, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 1° Pisces 48' | House 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 13° Cancer 23' | House 10 |
| Mercury | 18° Pisces 27' | House 6 |
| Venus | 26° Pisces 33' | House 7 |
| Mars | 1° Scorpio 48' | House 2 |
| Jupiter | 25° Cancer 41'℞ | House 10 |
| Saturn | 28° Pisces 43' | House 7 |
| Uranus | 23° Virgo 14'℞ | House 12 |
| Neptune | 24° Scorpio 20' | House 3 |
| Pluto | 19° Virgo 47'℞ | House 12 |
| North Node | 9° Taurus 34' | House 8 |
| South Node | 9° Scorpio 34' | House 2 |
Kurt Cobain’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Kurt Cobain’s private life.
The Sun in Pisces finds purpose in imagination, compassion and things that cannot quite be measured, and Kurt Cobain's vitality tends to ebb and flow with their surroundings. The thing to watch is losing their own direction inside someone else's story. There may be days when they feel unstoppable, and others when they need to disappear for a while.
Kurt's identity, with the Sun in the sixth house, comes through the work they do every day and the small routines that keep them steady when everything else feels uncertain. Being useful is not a chore with this placement; it is part of how they know who they are and what they are for.
With the Moon in Cancer, Kurt's needs tend to be tied to home, routine and the people they check in on daily. Small rituals are steadying: a particular meal, a particular chair. The tension is reading other people's moods so closely that those moods can be taken on without noticing.
With the Moon in the tenth house, Kurt's emotional security may be tangled up with how work is going and whether it is respected. A setback at work can land harder on someone with this placement than it appears to from the outside.
Mercury in Pisces thinks in images and impressions more than straight lines, and Kurt is likely to communicate through metaphor, tone and instinct rather than clean argument. Explaining a conclusion they nonetheless feel certain about can be the struggle. It is the kind of mind that knows something is off before it can say why.
Kurt thinks in systems and checklists, and in how to make an everyday process work a little better than it did before. With Mercury in the sixth house, analysing the small details of a routine is satisfying in itself, not a chore they merely put up with.
Venus in Pisces loves without much guard, and Kurt probably values emotional and even spiritual connection over anything practical. The temptation can be to idealise a partner before really seeing them. Generosity in relationships comes easily here, and so does missing the moment when giving starts to outweigh getting.
In the seventh house, Venus points to a knack for making a relationship feel balanced, fair and warm, and in Kurt's chart it suggests partnership is where their charm shows most. Committed pairing tends to appeal more than casual or short-term connection.
In Kurt's chart, Mars in Scorpio acts with focus and intensity, and its anger, when it surfaces, tends to be controlled, cutting and hard to forget. The risk with this Mars is holding on to a grievance well past its useful life. A calm exterior gives little warning before a sharp response.
With Mars in the second house, Kurt goes after what they want with visible drive, and a firm sense of their own worth fuels that determination. Patience with slow, gradual progress is unlikely to be their strong suit, and waiting around frustrates them quickly.
Jupiter in Cancer
25° Cancer 41' ℞ · tenth house
growth and excess
For Kurt, Jupiter in Cancer means growing by nurturing others and building a home that people want to return to. The excess can be protecting loved ones past the point they need it. Generosity here takes the form of home-cooked meals, open doors and an instinct to take in anyone who needs somewhere to land.
Jupiter in the tenth house is associated with generosity and fairness at work, and in Kurt's chart it points to patience about letting a reputation build over time. The placement is also linked with optimism about working life and a readiness to take on more.
Saturn in Pisces builds discipline around boundaries, and it usually starts from a habit of carrying feelings that belong to other people. For Kurt, the doubt is likely to take the form of guilt for protecting their own time and energy. What this Saturn works towards is a quiet, mature compassion, once it is clear that a boundary and a closed heart are not the same thing.
Saturn in the seventh house is associated with treating partnership as ongoing work and commitment as a serious matter, and in Kurt's chart it points to caution about committing quickly. The placement goes with a wish to build a relationship slowly rather than enter one lightly.
Uranus in Virgo
23° Virgo 14' ℞ · twelfth house
freedom, generational
Uranus takes about seven years to cross a sign, so in Kurt's chart Uranus in Virgo describes an age group as much as a single person. It is a generation that changes how work and daily routine are done, through new methods and new technology. In one person it can be an instinct to question inherited routines.
Uranus in the twelfth house brings sudden insight in quiet or solitude, often surprising even Kurt with where it comes from. Their inner world is apt to hold ideas that run ahead of language, waiting for the right moment to surface.
Neptune in Scorpio
24° Scorpio 20' · third house
imagination, generational
Neptune in Scorpio marks a long season that Kurt shares with many people of a similar age. Its imagination is drawn to the hidden, the taboo and the transformative, with a wider cultural fascination for secrets and endings. In an individual that can be a pull towards mystery for its own sake.
With Neptune in the third house, a poetic, sometimes imprecise quality runs through Kurt's thoughts and words, which carry as much through feeling and tone as through plain fact. Creative or intuitive expression suits this mind better than rigid logic, especially when the subject matters.
Pluto in Virgo
19° Virgo 47' ℞ · twelfth house
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Kurt and many people born in the same span of years. That generation lives through deep change in work, in how services are organised, and in daily life itself. In one person that can be intensity around control, order and how much any one system can carry.
Pluto in the twelfth house suggests a great deal going on beneath the surface for Kurt, with growth coming from facing what is hidden within instead of avoiding it. Solitude can be the setting for the biggest changes, more than any single outside event.
Aspects in Kurt Cobain’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun trine Mars
0.0° separating
Confidence and drive move in the same direction for Kurt Cobain, so they are likely to act on their goals with very little inner resistance. The energy of a Sun-Mars trine is uncomplicated, and other people notice it and often want to be near it.
Venus trine Jupiter
0.9° separating
Affection and a sense of plenty reinforce each other in Kurt's chart, and the result is a warm, easy generosity in relationships. With this trine, goodwill in love and friendship tends to be given freely and returned in kind, without much forcing on either side.
Mercury opposition Pluto
1.3° applying
With Mercury opposite Pluto, other people's attempts to control the story can collide with Kurt's own conclusions and turn a disagreement into a deeper power struggle. Staying with the argument itself, rather than the fight for control, resolves more.
Jupiter trine Neptune
1.3° applying
Optimism and imagination tend to flow together for Kurt, and what comes of it is an inspired, generous vision of what is possible. Hope and creativity tend to serve them well under this trine, especially when both are allowed to guide a project and neither is second-guessed.
Venus conjunction Saturn
2.2° applying
Venus conjunct Saturn describes a serious, committed way of loving, and Kurt is likely to treat a relationship as something to build, not simply to enjoy. Loyalty comes with it. So does the harder task of trusting that affection can be deserved before it has been worked for.
Venus trine Neptune
2.2° separating
Kurt is likely to love with a romantic, artistic quality that comes naturally, because affection and imagination flow together under this trine. Compassion and creativity arrive easily, and the people nearby tend to feel cared for as a result.
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 Neptune1.1°
- Jupiter sextile Uranus2.4°
- Jupiter trine Saturn3.0°
- Venus opposition Uranus3.3°
- Uranus conjunction Pluto3.5°
- Saturn trine Neptune4.4°
- Neptune sextile Pluto4.6°
- Mercury opposition Uranus4.8°
- Moon trine Mercury5.1°
- Saturn opposition Uranus5.5°
- Mercury trine Neptune5.9°
- Mars square Jupiter6.1°
- Venus opposition Pluto6.8°
- Sun square Neptune7.5°
Kurt Cobain in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Pisces Sun and Cancer Moon, like Kurt Cobain
Also born on 20 February
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; the birth time comes from Astro-Databank and is shown with its 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, Astro-Databank (BC/BR in hand). Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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