Mahalia Jackson’s birth chart
Born 26 October 1911, in New Orleans, Louisiana. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Scorpio Sun · Sagittarius Moon
Mahalia Jackson’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
26 October 1911 was a Thursday: the day Mahalia Jackson was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. That made Mahalia a Scorpio, with the Moon in Sagittarius. Mahalia died on 27 January 1972, aged 60. No verified birth time is on file for Mahalia; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the ten planets, four are in water signs, three in earth, two in air and one in fire. By modality the count is four fixed, four mutable and two cardinal. Scorpio holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Jupiter. The tightest aspect is Venus sextile Jupiter, exact to a tenth of a degree. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mars, Saturn and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 11 other people born on 26 October, among them Hillary Clinton, Bob Hoskins and Seth MacFarlane.
See the sky the day Mahalia was born: the stars over New Orleans, Louisiana, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Mahalia Jackson’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Scorpio
about 2° Scorpio at midday
A Scorpio Sun goes deep. Surface answers are unlikely to satisfy Mahalia Jackson, 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
Sagittarius
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Mahalia, 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 New Orleans, Louisiana, at each hour of the day.
Mahalia Jackson’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Mahalia 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 26 October 1911, computed for New Orleans, Louisiana.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:30 | Leo rising |
| 01:30 to 03:45 | Virgo rising |
| 03:45 to 06:05 | Libra rising |
| 06:05 to 08:25 | Scorpio rising |
| 08:25 to 10:45 | Sagittarius rising |
| 10:45 to 12:40 | Capricorn rising |
| 12:40 to 14:20 | Aquarius rising |
| 14:20 to 15:45 | Pisces rising |
| 15:45 to 17:10 | Aries rising |
| 17:10 to 18:45 | Taurus rising |
| 18:45 to 20:45 | Gemini rising |
| 20:45 to 23:05 | Cancer rising |
| 23:05 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 26 October 1911, 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 | 2° Scorpio 12' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Sagittarius |
| Mercury | 4° Scorpio 05' |
| Venus | 20° Virgo 10' |
| Mars | 10° Gemini 26'℞ |
| Jupiter | 20° Scorpio 08' |
| Saturn | 17° Taurus 53'℞ |
| Uranus | 25° Capricorn 35' |
| Neptune | 23° Cancer 48' |
| Pluto | 28° Gemini 52'℞ |
| North Node | 0° Taurus 54' |
| South Node | 0° Scorpio 54' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Mahalia Jackson’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Mahalia Jackson’s private life.
The Sun in Scorpio finds purpose in going past the surface of things, and Mahalia Jackson'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.
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 Mahalia edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
With Mercury in Scorpio, Mahalia tends to think in layers, looking for what is not being said as much as what is spoken aloud. Once they have decided to speak they can be very direct, and until then, silent. The tension is suspecting a hidden motive where there is only an ordinary one.
With Venus in Virgo, Mahalia 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.
With Mars in Gemini, Mahalia is likely to act through words, argument and quick manoeuvring rather than force, and anger to come out sharp and verbal. Arguments can be won without the conflict underneath ever being resolved. A disagreement can still be under debate long after the other person just wants it to end.
Jupiter in Scorpio
20° Scorpio 08' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Scorpio grows by facing what is difficult rather than avoiding it, even when that is the harder road at the time. The overreach, for Mahalia, may be an intensity that turns a manageable situation into an all-consuming one. The resilience tends to be noticed only after the hard part is over.
Saturn in Taurus gathers its discipline around security and the things a person relies on, and Mahalia is likely to take very little for granted. The doubt is a fear that stability could disappear, even when it clearly has not. This placement likes to know what things cost before committing, and tends to stay careful even in steady times.
Uranus in Capricorn
25° Capricorn 35' at midday
freedom, generational
Many people within a few years of Mahalia's age share Uranus in Capricorn, the mark of a generation that dismantles and rebuilds old institutions and structures of authority. Personally, that can mean scepticism towards any system that asks for trust without having shown why it deserves it.
Neptune in Cancer
23° Cancer 48' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Mahalia and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
28° Gemini 52' at midday ℞
power, generational
Mahalia shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Mahalia Jackson’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.
Venus sextile Jupiter
about 0.0° at midday
Warmth and generosity come naturally to Mahalia Jackson and stop short of overextending, because affection and optimism work together in this sextile. Call it comfortable, unforced goodwill, the kind that makes people feel welcome without any performance being needed.
Sun conjunction Mercury
about 1.9° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Mahalia's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Jupiter opposition Saturn
about 2.3° at midday
Mahalia is likely to feel two instincts at once: to expand into new opportunities, and to consolidate what is already in hand. Neither is wrong, and with Jupiter opposite Saturn a deliberate alternation between them tends to work better than treating it as a permanent choice.
Venus trine Saturn
about 2.3° at midday
A steady, dependable way of loving, one that people trust, is what this trine gives Mahalia, since affection and commitment hold each other up. Relationships built on it tend to last, often well past the point where less committed people would have moved on.
Sun trine Pluto
about 3.3° at midday
Mahalia's sense of self and capacity for change support each other, so they are likely to meet hard periods with resilience and come out of them still themselves. A Sun-Pluto trine is deep strength, and it does not need to be loud.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 3.6° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Mahalia, thanks to a gentle working link between affection and imagination. The tenderness is soft and pleasant, not an intense longing, and it is the sort that makes ordinary moments with someone feel a little more meaningful.
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 opposition Neptuneabout 1.8°
- Jupiter trine Neptuneabout 3.7°
- Mercury trine Plutoabout 5.2°
- Venus trine Uranusabout 5.4°
- Sun square Uranusabout 6.6°
Scorpio Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Mahalia Jackson
Also born on 26 October
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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