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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s birth chart

Born 4 August 1981, in Canoga Park, California. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.

Leo Sun · Libra Moon

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Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex was born on Tuesday, 4 August 1981, in Canoga Park, California. That makes them a Leo, with the Moon in Libra. They turn 45 in 2026. No verified birth time is on file for them; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.

Air carries the most weight: four of the ten planets, against fire three, water two and earth one. Cardinal signs hold five, fixed signs three and mutable signs two. Libra holds a stellium, four planets in one sign: Moon, Jupiter, Saturn and Pluto. Closest of the aspects is the sextile between Mercury and Saturn, about 0.3° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. One planet was retrograde all day: Neptune. Uranus changed direction that day, turning direct, so whether it was retrograde at the birth depends on the hour. The Moon was a waxing crescent.

StarMap's dataset holds 14 other people born on 4 August, among them Louis Armstrong, Pumpuang Duangjan and Greta Gerwig.

See the sky the day Meghan, Duchess of Sussex was born: the stars over Canoga Park, California, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Leo

about 12° Leo at midday

A Leo Sun shines. For Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 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.

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Moon sign

Libra

in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time

A Libra Moon feels through relationship. Harmony nearby tends to settle Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and conflict, even other people's, can unsettle them. What restores this Moon is beauty, fairness, and one person who truly listens.

Everyone with the Moon in Libra

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 Canoga Park, California, at each hour of the day.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s rising sign, by birth time

StarMap has not verified a birth time for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 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 4 August 1981, computed for Canoga Park, California.

Rising sign by time of birth, local time
Born around (local time)Rising sign
00:00 to 00:55Taurus rising
00:55 to 02:55Gemini rising
02:55 to 05:15Cancer rising
05:15 to 07:40Leo rising
07:40 to 10:00Virgo rising
10:00 to 12:25Libra rising
12:25 to 14:50Scorpio rising
14:50 to 17:10Sagittarius rising
17:10 to 19:05Capricorn rising
19:05 to 20:40Aquarius rising
20:40 to 22:00Pisces rising
22:00 to 23:20Aries rising
23:20 to 24:00Taurus rising

Times are rounded to five minutes. Close to a boundary, a few minutes either way change the answer.

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The chart wheel

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Drawn for midday on 4 August 1981, 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

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s planets by sign
Sun12° Leo 17'
MoonLibra
Mercury6° Leo 13'
Venus13° Virgo 30'
Mars11° Cancer 38'
Jupiter6° Libra 43'
Saturn5° Libra 53'
Uranus26° Scorpio 03'turned direct that day
Neptune22° Sagittarius 18'℞
Pluto21° Libra 51'
North Node1° Leo 38'
South Node1° Aquarius 38'

Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’s private life.

  1. Sun in Leo

    12° Leo 17' at midday

    purpose and vitality

    Purpose for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 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.

  2. Moon in Libra

    Libra, all day

    needs and habits

    A Libra Moon needs harmony in the immediate surroundings to feel settled day to day, and a tense conversation nearby can throw off Meghan, Duchess of Sussex'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.

  3. Mercury in Leo

    6° Leo 13' at midday

    mind and voice

    Mercury in Leo gives Meghan, Duchess of Sussex a mind that thinks in confident, story-shaped terms and communicates with warmth and a bit of flair, drawing people in even when the subject is dry. Attachment to being right can make Meghan, Duchess of Sussex more persuasive than accurate. A simple update, in their hands, can become something closer to a performance.

  4. Venus in Virgo

    13° Virgo 30' at midday

    love and values

    With Venus in Virgo, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex 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.

  5. Mars in Cancer

    11° Cancer 38' at midday

    drive and anger

    Mars in Cancer acts to protect the people and things that matter, and its anger is usually about feeling hurt more than feeling wronged. The habit to watch, for Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, may be going quiet or indirect instead of naming the upset. Other people tend to notice a shift of mood and take a while to trace it back to its cause.

  6. Jupiter in Libra

    6° Libra 43' at midday

    growth and excess

    In Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's chart, Jupiter in Libra suggests growth through partnership and a gift for bringing people together. Excess here looks like pleasing people so broadly that every expectation becomes a commitment. Someone with this Jupiter is often the connector whose introductions and events other people benefit from more than they realise.

  7. Saturn in Libra

    5° Libra 53' at midday

    discipline and doubt

    For Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, Saturn in Libra means discipline built around relationships, and fairness and commitment are trusted slowly. The doubt is overthinking whether a partnership is truly equal. With time, people with this Saturn tend to become the ones others rely on to negotiate and to keep things fair.

  8. Uranus in Scorpio

    26° Scorpio 03' at midday

    freedom, generational

    Much of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's age group has Uranus in Scorpio. It changes attitudes to power, secrecy and what is held in common, often while living through upheavals in institutions once considered permanent. In an individual it tends to be a low tolerance for hidden agendas.

  9. Neptune in Sagittarius

    22° 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 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex in it may be a hopeful conviction that the right philosophy will resolve a practical problem.

  10. Pluto in Libra

    21° Libra 51' at midday

    power, generational

    Pluto in Libra is the signature of the generation Meghan, Duchess of Sussex belongs to, because Pluto moves so slowly. That generation transforms ideas of partnership, fairness and what people owe one another. Personally it can be an intense need for relationships to be fundamentally fair.

Aspects in Meghan, Duchess of Sussex’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.

  1. Mercury sextile Saturn

    about 0.3° at midday

    Turning a loose idea into something solid is easier with Mercury sextile Saturn, because Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's thinking and sense of structure work together. The clarity is quiet and practical, and it shows most when a plan has to work.

  2. Mercury sextile Jupiter

    about 0.5° at midday

    Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's thinking and optimism keep easy company, which gives their conversation a natural, engaging breadth. Curiosity does much of the work with this aspect, opening doors in conversation that a narrower focus would have missed.

  3. Jupiter conjunction Saturn

    about 0.8° at midday

    Growth and discipline are unusually well matched when Jupiter is conjunct Saturn, so Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's optimism tends to come with a realistic plan attached. It is an effective combination for building things that last, with vision balanced by the patience to see it through.

  4. Venus sextile Mars

    about 1.9° at midday

    A sextile between Venus and Mars tends to let Meghan, Duchess of Sussex go after what they like without much inner conflict, because affection and drive are pulling the same way. It is a pleasant, workable confidence, at its most useful in the early stages of anything new.

  5. Mars square Jupiter

    about 4.9° at midday

    Drive can outrun capacity under Mars square Jupiter, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex may overextend on a project or on a promise made in a burst of confidence. The enthusiasm is sound. It needs matching to a pace that can be sustained.

  6. Sun sextile Jupiter

    about 5.6° at midday

    Optimism is part of who Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is, and it tends to show them open doors, provided they are willing to walk through. With some deliberate effort behind it, the outlook of a Sun-Jupiter sextile becomes momentum that carries past the first burst of enthusiasm.

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 0.5°
  • Mars square Saturnabout 5.8°
  • Sun conjunction Mercuryabout 6.1°

Leo Sun and Libra Moon, like Meghan, Duchess of Sussex

Also born on 4 August

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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