Mary J. Blige’s birth chart
Born 11 January 1971, in The Bronx, New York. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Capricorn Sun · Cancer Moon
Mary J. Blige’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Mary J. Blige was born on Monday, 11 January 1971, in The Bronx, New York. That makes them a Capricorn, with the Moon in Cancer. They turn 55 in 2026. StarMap has no verified birth time for them, so the chart is cast for midday and leaves the houses out.
Of the ten planets, three are in fire signs, three in earth, three in water and one in air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, three and four. Sagittarius holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Mercury, Venus and Neptune. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Jupiter and Pluto, about 0.1° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Saturn and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was full.
StarMap's dataset holds ten other people born on 11 January, among them Siti Nurhaliza, Amanda Peet and Dani Carvajal. Wikidata links them with one person in the dataset: Nas (listed as partners in Wikidata).
See the sky the day Mary J. Blige was born: the stars over The Bronx, New York, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Mary J. Blige’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Capricorn
about 20° Capricorn at midday
A Capricorn Sun endures. Ambition, patience and a dry sense of humour are what tend to carry Mary J. Blige up long slopes other people give up on. The placement learns, eventually, that rest is part of the climb.
Moon sign
Cancer
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
The Moon is at home in Cancer. For Mary J. Blige 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
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 The Bronx, New York, at each hour of the day.
Mary J. Blige’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Mary J. Blige 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 11 January 1971, computed for The Bronx, New York.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:10 | Libra rising |
| 01:10 to 03:40 | Scorpio rising |
| 03:40 to 06:05 | Sagittarius rising |
| 06:05 to 07:55 | Capricorn rising |
| 07:55 to 09:25 | Aquarius rising |
| 09:25 to 10:35 | Pisces rising |
| 10:35 to 11:45 | Aries rising |
| 11:45 to 13:10 | Taurus rising |
| 13:10 to 15:05 | Gemini rising |
| 15:05 to 17:30 | Cancer rising |
| 17:30 to 20:00 | Leo rising |
| 20:00 to 22:30 | Virgo rising |
| 22:30 to 24:00 | Libra 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 11 January 1971, 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 | 20° Capricorn 49' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Cancer |
| Mercury | 28° Sagittarius 38' |
| Venus | 4° Sagittarius 18' |
| Mars | 22° Scorpio 50' |
| Jupiter | 29° Scorpio 32' |
| Saturn | 15° Taurus 43'℞ |
| Uranus | 13° Libra 32' |
| Neptune | 2° Sagittarius 18' |
| Pluto | 29° Virgo 40'℞ |
| North Node | 23° Aquarius 51' |
| South Node | 23° Leo 51' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Mary J. Blige’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Mary J. Blige’s private life.
With the Sun in Capricorn, Mary J. Blige is likely to find purpose in building a reputation and a structure that will outlast them, with a vitality that is steady rather than showy. The trap can be measuring their worth by output alone. They may well work through tiredness instead of naming it, until someone else has to point it out.
With the Moon in Cancer, Mary J. Blige'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.
Mary J. Blige'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.
Venus in Sagittarius loves with enthusiasm and a need for shared adventure, and Mary J. Blige probably values a partner who gives them room to roam. When things get serious, this placement can confuse freedom with distance. The pattern with this Venus is to plan the next trip together before settling into the current one.
In Mary J. Blige'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.
Jupiter in Scorpio
29° Scorpio 32' 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 Mary J. Blige, 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 Mary J. Blige 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 Libra
13° Libra 32' at midday
freedom, generational
Mary J. Blige holds Uranus in Libra in common with many people born in the same stretch of years. Together that generation reshapes ideas of partnership, fairness and how relationships are arranged. Its personal side is a readiness to question traditional roles more openly than earlier generations felt able to.
Neptune in Sagittarius
2° Sagittarius 18' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Sagittarius is the dream of a generation: grand systems of belief and utopian journeys. What belongs to Mary J. Blige in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.
Pluto in Virgo
29° Virgo 40' at midday ℞
power, generational
Pluto in Virgo is shared by Mary J. Blige 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.
Aspects in Mary J. Blige’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 Pluto
about 0.1° at midday
Meaningful growth without constant upheaval is what Jupiter sextile Pluto describes, with Mary J. Blige's sense of possibility and depth working in concert. The opportunities that matter tend to come at a manageable pace, not all at once in a way that would be hard to absorb.
Mercury square Pluto
about 1.0° at midday
A simple disagreement can turn into something more charged when Mercury is square Pluto, as Mary J. Blige looks for motives that may not be there. The lesson is trusting a straightforward answer when the evidence supports one, rather than assuming the deeper explanation is always the true one.
Venus conjunction Neptune
about 2.0° at midday
Love, for Mary J. Blige, is likely to be romantic and idealistic, drawn to a kind of connection that feels almost transcendent. Venus conjunct Neptune brings tenderness and imagination, along with the task of seeing a partner clearly and not only through the ideal built around them.
Sun sextile Mars
about 2.0° at midday
Mary J. Blige'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.
Jupiter conjunction Neptune
about 2.8° at midday
For Mary J. Blige, growth is likely to be idealistic and compassionate, a matter of causes, beliefs or visions bigger than daily concerns. Jupiter conjunct Neptune supplies the inspiration and leaves them the job of checking a beautiful idea against what can be achieved.
Venus conjunction Jupiter
about 4.8° at midday
Venus conjunct Jupiter tends to make Mary J. Blige's capacity for love and pleasure generous and expansive, and it usually comes with a warm enjoyment of life. The result is naturally good company; the thing to watch is the point where generosity has quietly become excess.
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 2.6°
- Sun trine Saturnabout 5.1°
- Mars conjunction Jupiterabout 6.7°
- Mars opposition Saturnabout 7.1°
- Sun square Uranusabout 7.3°
Mary J. Blige in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Capricorn Sun and Cancer Moon, like Mary J. Blige
Also born on 11 January
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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