Sofia Rotaru’s birth chart
Born 7 August 1947, in Marshyntsi, Ukraine. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Leo Sun · Aries Moon
Sofia Rotaru’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Sofia Rotaru was born in Marshyntsi, Ukraine, on 7 August 1947, a Thursday. The Sun was in Leo, so Leo is their zodiac sign, with the Moon in Aries. Sofia turns 79 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 fire signs, three in air and two in water; none is in earth. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is three, five and two. Four planets stand together in Leo: Sun, Venus, Saturn and Pluto. The tightest aspect is Saturn conjunction Pluto, about 0.4° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. No planet was retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 17 other people born on 7 August, among them Jimmy Wales, Charlize Theron and Yun Hyon-seok.
See the sky the day Sofia was born: the stars over Marshyntsi, Ukraine, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Sofia Rotaru’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Leo
about 14° Leo at midday
A Leo Sun shines. For Sofia Rotaru 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.
Moon sign
Aries
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
With the Moon in Aries, Sofia is likely to feel fast and forgive fast. Anger comes up quickly and passes just as quickly, and feeling needs a physical outlet. This is a Moon soothed by action, not by talking it over.
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 Marshyntsi, Ukraine, at each hour of the day.
Sofia Rotaru’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Sofia 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 7 August 1947, computed for Marshyntsi, Ukraine.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 01:20 | Gemini rising |
| 01:20 to 03:50 | Cancer rising |
| 03:50 to 06:30 | Leo rising |
| 06:30 to 09:15 | Virgo rising |
| 09:15 to 12:00 | Libra rising |
| 12:00 to 14:45 | Scorpio rising |
| 14:45 to 17:10 | Sagittarius rising |
| 17:10 to 19:00 | Capricorn rising |
| 19:00 to 20:15 | Aquarius rising |
| 20:15 to 21:15 | Pisces rising |
| 21:15 to 22:10 | Aries rising |
| 22:10 to 23:25 | Taurus rising |
| 23:25 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 7 August 1947, 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 | 14° Leo 03' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Aries |
| Mercury | 25° Cancer 18' |
| Venus | 6° Leo 36' |
| Mars | 25° Gemini 42' |
| Jupiter | 18° Scorpio 26' |
| Saturn | 12° Leo 39' |
| Uranus | 24° Gemini 52' |
| Neptune | 8° Libra 38' |
| Pluto | 13° Leo 00' |
| North Node | 29° Taurus 10' |
| South Node | 29° Scorpio 10' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Sofia Rotaru’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Sofia Rotaru’s private life.
Purpose for Sofia Rotaru 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.
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For Sofia, comfort probably comes from action rather than discussion. The instinct of this Moon is to pace the room or go for a walk rather than sit with a feeling until it passes on its own.
Mercury in Cancer thinks in terms of memory and feeling as much as logic, and Sofia probably communicates best when there is emotional trust in the room. Mood can colour how a fact gets delivered or received. Years after the details have faded, this is a mind that remembers exactly how a conversation felt.
Venus in Leo loves generously and openly, and values being someone's clear favourite above almost anything else on offer. For Sofia, the tension this suggests is needing steady reassurance of still being adored. Their gestures tend to be grand and thoughtful, and it can sting when those go unnoticed.
With Mars in Gemini, Sofia 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
18° Scorpio 26' 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 Sofia, 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 Leo builds discipline around self-expression, and in Sofia's chart this placement often starts with a fear of being laughed at or overlooked. The doubt tends to show as playing down achievements before anyone else can. The confidence this placement builds is hard-won and unshowy, and it tends to arrive once the waiting for permission stops.
Uranus in Gemini
24° Gemini 52' at midday
freedom, generational
Uranus in Gemini is shared by Sofia and many people born in the same few years. These are people who come of age alongside a revolution in communication, fluent in tools older generations learned later in life. The personal version is a restless need for new information.
Neptune in Libra
8° Libra 38' at midday
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Sofia 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
13° Leo 00' 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 Sofia, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Aspects in Sofia Rotaru’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.
Saturn conjunction Pluto
about 0.4° at midday
Saturn conjunct Pluto describes discipline forged through intensity, often after a period that asked for more endurance than seemed fair at the time. For Sofia Rotaru the aspect suggests serious, hard-won resilience, and the remaining step is trusting that what needed proving has been proved.
Mars conjunction Uranus
about 0.8° at midday
Mars conjunct Uranus makes for a sudden, independent drive, and Sofia probably acts fastest at the exact moment someone says it cannot be done. Courage and originality come with the aspect, and so does the need to check an impulsive decision against longer-term goals before committing to it.
Sun conjunction Pluto
about 1.0° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Pluto, Sofia's identity is likely to be intense and transformative, with feelings that run at full volume rather than in moderation. Depth and staying power are the reward, and the thing to outgrow is needing a situation to become a crisis before it feels meaningful.
Sun conjunction Saturn
about 1.4° at midday
With the Sun conjunct Saturn, identity is built through discipline and steady effort, often with an early sense that a place has to be worked for rather than assumed. It tends to make Sofia reliable and serious, and the growth comes from believing that they have done enough to rest.
Venus sextile Neptune
about 2.0° at midday
Romance and creative warmth tend to be within easy reach for Sofia, 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.
Saturn sextile Neptune
about 4.0° at midday
Sofia's ideas tend to take a workable, grounded shape without losing their spark, a result of the gentle alliance between discipline and imagination in this sextile. It is a quiet, practical creativity, and it usually produces something people can use and not just admire.
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 4.4°
- Sun square Jupiterabout 4.4°
- Sun sextile Neptuneabout 5.4°
- Jupiter square Plutoabout 5.4°
- Jupiter square Saturnabout 5.8°
- Venus conjunction Saturnabout 6.0°
- Venus conjunction Plutoabout 6.4°
- Sun conjunction Venusabout 7.4°
Leo Sun and Aries Moon, like Sofia Rotaru
Also born on 7 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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