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M.I.A.

M.I.A.’s birth chart

Born July 18, 1975 in Hounslow, birth time not public.

Cancer Sun · Scorpio Moon · Water · Cardinal

Sun

Cancer

25° Cancer 12'

You protect. Home, memory and the people you have decided are yours sit at the centre of your life, and you read a room before anyone speaks. Your strength is care; your task is to include yourself in it.

Moon

Scorpio

28° Scorpio 35'

You feel everything and show little. Trust is slow, private and absolute, and betrayal is not forgotten. You are restored by intimacy without performance and by time alone to let things move.

Cast for noon; the Moon may be up to 6° off without a birth time.

Rising

M.I.A.’s birth time is not on public record, so the rising sign and houses are unknown.
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Placements

Sun 25° Cancer 12'
Moon 28° Scorpio 35'
Mercury 10° Cancer 06'
Venus 5° Virgo 53'
Mars 12° Taurus 05'
Jupiter 23° Aries 30'
Saturn 22° Cancer 52'
Uranus 28° Libra 24'
Neptune 9° Sagittarius 18'
Pluto 6° Libra 45'
North Node 29° Scorpio 34'
South Node 29° Taurus 34'

M.I.A.'s full reading

Each planet by sign. First-draft readings in the StarMap voice, reviewed by our consulting astrologer before launch.

  1. Sun in Cancer

    25° Cancer 12'

    purpose and vitality

    They feel most alive when M.I.A. is caring for people and places that matter to they, and purpose is tied to belonging somewhere. The tension is taking things personally when they feel unneeded. It shows up in how much better their whole day goes after they have checked in on someone they love.

  2. Moon in Scorpio

    28° Scorpio 35'

    needs and habits

    Their emotional needs run deep and private, and they would rather manage a hard feeling alone than explain it while it is still raw. Daily trust is earned slowly and rarely given back once broken. It shows up as needing real privacy, even in a home full of people they love.

  3. Mercury in Cancer

    10° Cancer 06'

    mind and voice

    They think in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and they communicate best when there is emotional trust in the room. The tension is letting mood colour how a fact gets delivered or received. It shows up as remembering exactly how a conversation felt years after the details have faded.

  4. Venus in Virgo

    5° Virgo 53'

    love and values

    They love through small, practical acts of service, and they value competence and reliability in a partner. The tension is critiquing the people they love the most, mistaking notes for care. It shows up as fixing a partner's problem before they have simply listened to it.

  5. Mars in Taurus

    12° Taurus 05'

    drive and anger

    They act deliberately and stick with a course once they have chosen it, and their anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. The tension is digging in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It shows up as needing real provocation to snap, and staying rattled for a while after they do.

  6. Jupiter in Aries

    23° Aries 30'

    growth and excess

    They grow through bold, direct action and taking the first step before they feel fully ready. The overreach is starting more than they can realistically finish. It shows up as a burst of confidence that gets a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is fully in place.

  7. Saturn in Cancer

    22° Cancer 52'

    discipline and doubt

    They build discipline around emotional security, often shaped by an early home life that asked they to be steadier than a child should have to be. The doubt shows up as difficulty asking for care even when they clearly need it. It shows up as becoming, over time, the dependable emotional anchor for people who never quite return the favour.

  8. Uranus in Libra

    28° Libra 24'

    freedom, generational

    Shared across this generational span, this placement marks people who reshape ideas of partnership, fairness and relationship structure. Personally, it can show up as questioning traditional relationship roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.

  9. Neptune in Sagittarius

    9° Sagittarius 18'

    imagination, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span of years, this placement marks a generation that dreams in terms of grand belief systems and utopian journeys. Personally, it can show up as a hopeful faith that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.

  10. Pluto in Libra

    6° Libra 45'

    power, generational

    Shared by everyone born in this span, this placement marks a generation that transforms ideas of partnership, justice and social contracts. Personally, it can show up as an intense need for relationships to be fundamentally fair.

Aspects

How the planets in M.I.A.'s chart talk to each other, tightest first.

  1. Jupiter square Saturn

    0.6° applying

    Their enthusiasm for growth can meet real limits, whether practical, financial or self-imposed, and it can feel like their ambitions keep outrunning their resources. The lesson is treating the limit as a pace-setter rather than a wall.

  2. Sun square Jupiter

    1.7° separating

    Their ambitions can outpace what their current resources or timeline can realistically support, leading to overpromising they later have to walk back. The lesson is scaling a genuinely good instinct to a size that actually holds.

  3. Mercury sextile Mars

    2.0° applying

    Their thinking and their drive cooperate, making it easy to speak up quickly and clearly when it matters. This is useful, low-friction directness that tends to serve they well in fast-moving conversations and quick decisions alike.

  4. Sun conjunction Saturn

    2.3° separating

    Their identity is built through discipline and steady effort, often carrying an early sense that they had to earn their place rather than assume it. This makes they reliable and serious, and the growth edge is believing they have already earned enough rest.

  • Neptune sextile Pluto2.6°
  • Sun square Uranus3.2°
  • Mercury square Pluto3.4°
  • Sun trine Moon3.4°
  • Venus square Neptune3.4°
  • Mercury sextile Venus4.2°
  • Jupiter opposition Uranus4.9°
  • Saturn square Uranus5.5°
  • Moon trine Saturn5.7°
  • Venus trine Mars6.2°
  • Moon square Venus7.3°

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Birth data: Wikidata. Confidence X (date and place known, time unknown). Photo: Wikimedia Commons.

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