Salif Keita’s birth chart
Born 25 August 1949, in Djoliba, Mali. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Virgo Sun · Virgo Moon
Salif Keita’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Salif Keita was born on Thursday, 25 August 1949, in Djoliba, Mali. Their zodiac sign is Virgo, with the Moon in Virgo. Salif turns 77 in 2026. StarMap has not verified a birth time yet, so the chart is cast for midday on that date and has no houses.
Of the ten planets, five are in earth signs, two in air, two in water and one in fire. Cardinal signs hold five, mutable signs four and fixed signs one. Four planets stand together in Virgo: Sun, Moon, Mercury and Saturn. Closest of the aspects is the opposition between Mars and Jupiter, about 1.4° 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: Jupiter. The Moon was a waxing crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 24 other people born on 25 August, among them Sean Connery, Tim Burton and Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. Martin Amis was born on the very same day.
See the sky the day Salif was born: the stars over Djoliba, Mali, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Salif Keita’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Virgo
about 1° Virgo at midday
A Virgo Sun refines. Salif Keita is likely to notice what could be better and quietly make it so, keeping the highest standards for themselves. The art of this placement is knowing when good enough is the wiser choice.
Moon sign
Virgo
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Virgo Moon feels by fixing. When something is wrong, Salif is likely to look for the practical cause and to calm down by tidying, planning or being useful. The lesson of this Moon is to accept help without a to-do list attached.
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 Djoliba, Mali, at each hour of the day.
Salif Keita’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Salif 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 25 August 1949, computed for Djoliba, Mali.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 02:00 | Gemini rising |
| 02:00 to 04:10 | Cancer rising |
| 04:10 to 06:20 | Leo rising |
| 06:20 to 08:20 | Virgo rising |
| 08:20 to 10:20 | Libra rising |
| 10:20 to 12:30 | Scorpio rising |
| 12:30 to 14:40 | Sagittarius rising |
| 14:40 to 16:45 | Capricorn rising |
| 16:45 to 18:35 | Aquarius rising |
| 18:35 to 20:20 | Pisces rising |
| 20:20 to 22:00 | Aries rising |
| 22:00 to 23:50 | Taurus rising |
| 23:50 to 24:00 | Gemini 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 25 August 1949, 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 | 1° Virgo 56' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Virgo |
| Mercury | 25° Virgo 43' |
| Venus | 5° Libra 57' |
| Mars | 21° Cancer 54' |
| Jupiter | 23° Capricorn 15'℞ |
| Saturn | 8° Virgo 34' |
| Uranus | 4° Cancer 05' |
| Neptune | 13° Libra 23' |
| Pluto | 16° Leo 40' |
| North Node | 17° Aries 25' |
| South Node | 17° Libra 25' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Salif Keita’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Salif Keita’s private life.
A Virgo Sun finds purpose in being useful and doing a job properly, and Salif Keita's energy tends to stay steady as long as there is a task worth doing well. Rest is the hard part, because it can feel undeserved until everything is fixed. Typically a piece of work is still being adjusted long after everyone else would call it finished.
The Moon in Virgo runs towards order, and a messy space or an unfinished list can unsettle Salif's mood more than most people would guess. Small, useful tasks are calming. The trouble can start when Salif's own needs become another chore to get right instead of something to enjoy.
For Salif, Mercury in Virgo points to thinking that is precise and attentive to detail, and to clear communication, because the facts have usually been checked first. The catch is fixating on a small error and losing sight of the larger point. This is the placement that edits a message three times before sending something everyone else would have sent in one go.
Venus in Libra loves with an instinct for balance and partnership, and Salif probably values harmony, fairness and someone who makes an effort to look good together. The risk with this Venus is staying in a relationship for the sake of the pairing itself. Salif may give up a personal preference before anyone has even asked.
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 Salif, 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.
Jupiter in Capricorn
23° Capricorn 15' at midday ℞
growth and excess
Jupiter in Capricorn grows through long-term discipline, and Salif would probably rather build slowly and properly than quickly. The overreach is taking on more responsibility than any one person should reasonably carry. The authority this Jupiter brings is slow and hard-won, the kind people tend to trust more the longer they know someone.
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Salif may feel like a fraud even when the track record says otherwise. The usual result is someone quietly excellent at something long before they will admit it out loud.
Uranus in Cancer
4° Cancer 05' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Salif 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.
Neptune in Libra
13° Libra 23' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Salif 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.
Pluto in Leo
16° Leo 40' at midday
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 Salif, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Salif Keita’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.
Mars opposition Jupiter
about 1.4° at midday
Mars opposite Jupiter pits Salif Keita's own direct action against other people's grander plans or expectations, which can end in overcommitting to someone else's vision. Salif's own sense of scale is usually a better guide than anyone else's.
Venus square Uranus
about 1.9° at midday
In Salif's chart the desire for closeness and the need for freedom can work against each other, and this square is known for sudden shifts in an otherwise good relationship. The remedy is to build enough independence into the relationship that none has to be created by pulling away.
Sun sextile Uranus
about 2.2° at midday
There is room for Salif to be a little unconventional without losing much by it, since identity and originality get along well here. Other people tend to find this easy, unforced independence refreshing rather than alarming.
Mercury trine Jupiter
about 2.5° at midday
Salif'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.
Mercury sextile Mars
about 3.8° at midday
Speaking up quickly and clearly when it matters comes easily to Salif, since thinking and drive work in step. That plain directness serves them well in fast-moving conversations and quick decisions alike.
Saturn sextile Uranus
about 4.5° at midday
Discipline and independence combine in this sextile to give Salif a workable way of keeping a routine while leaving room to change it. The flexibility is quiet and sustainable, and it keeps a good habit from calcifying into an unquestioned rule.
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 3.3°
- Sun conjunction Saturnabout 6.6°
Virgo Sun and Virgo Moon, like Salif Keita
Also born on 25 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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