Oprah Winfrey’s birth chart
Born 29 January 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi, at 04:30 (Rodden A).
Aquarius Sun · Sagittarius Moon · Sagittarius rising
Oprah Winfrey’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Oprah Winfrey was born on Friday, 29 January 1954, in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Their zodiac sign is Aquarius, with the Moon in Sagittarius and Sagittarius rising. Oprah turns 72 in 2026. The birth time, 04:30, comes from Astro-Databank with a Rodden rating of A, which means it was given from memory by the person or someone close to them.
Air carries the most weight: five of the ten planets, against water three, fire two and earth none. By modality the count is six fixed, two cardinal and two mutable. Aquarius holds a stellium, three planets in one sign: Sun, Mercury and Venus. The tightest aspect is Sun square Saturn, 0.1° from exact. Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 16 other people born on 29 January, among them Olga Tokarczuk, Germaine Greer and Teresa Teng. Wikidata links Oprah with one person in the dataset: Roger Ebert (listed as partners, 1977 to 1985).
See the sky the night Oprah was born: the stars over Kosciusko, Mississippi at 04:30, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Oprah Winfrey’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Aquarius
8° Aquarius 59'
An Aquarius Sun sees differently. Ideas ahead of their time, a wide circle of friends and a stubborn streak of independence are the marks of this placement in Oprah Winfrey's chart. The growth is letting people close without feeling caged.
Moon sign
Sagittarius
4° Sagittarius 31'
A Sagittarius Moon feels best in motion. Open roads, new ideas and honest laughter probably lift Oprah, 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
Sagittarius
29° Sagittarius 41'
With Sagittarius rising, Oprah probably comes across as open, frank and optimistic. Around a Sagittarius rising, people feel that anything might happen, and this is often the one who says the thing everyone was thinking.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 04:30 on 29 January 1954, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 8° Aquarius 59' | House 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 4° Sagittarius 31' | House 11 |
| Mercury | 19° Aquarius 09' | House 2 |
| Venus | 8° Aquarius 51' | House 2 |
| Mars | 23° Scorpio 34' | House 11 |
| Jupiter | 16° Gemini 39'℞ | House 6 |
| Saturn | 9° Scorpio 02' | House 10 |
| Uranus | 20° Cancer 18'℞ | House 7 |
| Neptune | 26° Libra 03'℞ | House 10 |
| Pluto | 24° Leo 09'℞ | House 8 |
| North Node | 23° Capricorn 55' | House 1 |
| South Node | 23° Cancer 55' | House 7 |
Oprah Winfrey’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Oprah Winfrey’s private life.
Oprah Winfrey's purpose, with the Sun in Aquarius, probably lies in being useful to a group or an idea bigger than themselves, with a vitality that rises around causes and communities. The tension can be detaching from their own needs while championing everyone else's. It is the placement of the reliable one at meetings who is the hardest person to reach one to one.
The Sun in the second house rests Oprah's sense of worth on what is built and looked after over time, not on one good season. They feel most confident when the things they own and make reflect their own taste, their own standards and their own pace.
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 Oprah edgy faster than most people expect. With this Moon, the next trip tends to be planned before the current one has finished.
With the Moon in the eleventh house, Oprah feels most at ease among friends who see the world the same way and share a sense of what matters in it. Not belonging anywhere can quietly unsettle a person with this placement, while a steady circle feels like part of their foundation.
In Oprah's chart, Mercury in Aquarius describes thinking that is original and a step removed from convention, and communication that works best through ideas rather than small talk. The stubborn streak is holding a position out of principle after the evidence has moved on. In a group, this is the person who asks the question nobody else thought to ask.
With Mercury in the second house, Oprah weighs up what things are worth with care and holds clear, well-reasoned opinions about value that they can explain in detail. Talking a choice or a plan through out loud helps them settle on the right one.
Venus in Aquarius loves as a friend first, and values independence, shared ideas and a partner who allows plenty of room. Oprah may keep just enough distance that closeness feels slightly out of reach, even to them. This Venus can prize a partner's individuality more than the intimacy between them.
With Venus in the second house, Oprah has an eye for quality and comfort, and being surrounded by beautiful things probably matters more to them than an outsider would guess. Oprah's taste leans towards pleasure, ease and things made well, over things that are merely practical.
In Oprah'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.
Mars in the eleventh house puts energy into friendships and causes, and Oprah is often the one who gets a whole group moving. Friction in a group probably does not scare them off, and they would rather push through a disagreement than step around it.
Jupiter in Gemini
16° Gemini 39' ℞ · sixth house
growth and excess
Jupiter in Gemini grows through learning and exposure to as many ideas as can be gathered, and its optimism is contagious in conversation. Oprah may overreach by knowing a little about everything and claiming more certainty than the depth supports. This is someone who can be the best-read person in the room on subjects they have never studied closely.
Oprah finds meaning in routines that others would call dull, and brings optimism to work every day. With Jupiter in the sixth house, growth comes by steady, patient improvement rather than by one dramatic leap.
Saturn in Scorpio builds its discipline around trust and control, and for Oprah letting go of either is unlikely to come easily. The doubt is bracing for betrayal even in relationships that have given no reason for it. Comfort with vulnerability can come in the end, and the work it takes is seldom seen by others.
Saturn in the tenth house is associated with taking the long road in working life, and Oprah is inclined to trust sustained effort over shortcuts. Saturn here goes with a reliability that shows long before any confidence in their own standing among their peers.
Uranus in Cancer
20° Cancer 18' ℞ · seventh house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Oprah alone. Its mark is a generation that redefines home and family, departing from the structures the previous generation grew up inside. At the personal level it is read as a pull to build family life differently.
Uranus in the seventh house asks for relationships with more freedom and less convention than the average partnership, and Oprah may look for people who respect that independence. A sudden shift in a relationship may rattle Oprah less than most.
Neptune in Libra
26° Libra 03' ℞ · tenth house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Oprah among them. It idealises romantic partnership, often shaped by images of love on screen that outpace real relationships. The personal echo is a dreamy standard for what a relationship should feel like.
Neptune in the tenth house can make Oprah's public image harder to pin down than most, shifting as other people project hopes onto it. Creative or compassionate work is apt to suit this placement better than a rigid, conventional structure.
Pluto in Leo
24° Leo 09' ℞ · eighth house
power, generational
Pluto in Leo is held by a whole generation, one that transforms ideas of individual power, leadership and fame. At a personal scale, for Oprah, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
The eighth house is Pluto's natural home, and for Oprah questions of trust, power and what is truly shared between people can matter enormously. Pluto here wants to understand what most people are too afraid to look at directly, even about themselves.
Aspects in Oprah Winfrey’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun square Saturn
0.1° applying
With the Sun square Saturn, confidence meets resistance, often in the form of self-doubt or an authority figure whose approval feels hard to win. When Oprah Winfrey pushes through it anyway, the achievement means more because it was tested.
Sun conjunction Venus
0.1° applying
Who Oprah is and what they love are likely to be closely bound, so their identity has relationships and beauty at its centre rather than at its edge. People with the Sun conjunct Venus tend to give affection openly, and their sense of self can rise and fall a little with how appreciated they feel.
Venus square Saturn
0.2° applying
Venus square Saturn can pair the desire for closeness with a fear of not being quite enough to keep it. For Oprah that may mean self-doubt in relationships that have given no reason for it, and the fear can ease each time they let themselves be loved without first having to deserve it.
Mars square Pluto
0.6° applying
With Mars square Pluto, Oprah's drive can turn into a fight for control, whether the opponent is within them or is someone who resists them. When they redirect that intensity into the work itself, the friction becomes lasting strength.
Mercury trine Jupiter
2.5° separating
Oprah's thinking and sense of possibility reinforce each other, which gives them an easy, optimistic way of connecting ideas. Learning and explaining come naturally with Mercury trine Jupiter, and a good explanation of theirs tends to stay with people long after the conversation ends.
Mars trine Uranus
3.3° separating
Oprah's drive and originality tend to run together easily, which allows fast, inventive action when a situation calls for something different. Mars trine Uranus can make a bold move look natural, and it is carried off more often than the risk would seem to justify.
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 Pluto1.9°
- Moon sextile Venus4.3°
- Mercury square Mars4.4°
- Sun sextile Moon4.5°
- Mercury opposition Pluto5.0°
- Uranus square Neptune5.7°
- Mercury trine Neptune6.9°
- Sun trine Jupiter7.7°
Oprah Winfrey in couples
Relationships as Wikidata records them, each with the match between the two charts.
Aquarius Sun and Sagittarius Moon, like Oprah Winfrey
Also born on 29 January
Oprah Winfrey in the StarMap archive
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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 (From memory). Birth time rated A on the Rodden scale. Photo: Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on the file page).
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