Stevie Wonder’s birth chart
Born 13 May 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan, at 16:15 (Rodden A).
Taurus Sun · Aries Moon · Libra rising
Stevie Wonder’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Stevie Wonder was born on Saturday, 13 May 1950, in Saginaw, Michigan. That makes Stevie a Taurus, with the Moon in Aries and Libra rising. Stevie turns 76 in 2026. The birth time, 16:15, 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.
By element the count is four earth, three fire, two water and one air. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is four, three and three. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Sun and Mars: a trine, 0.1° from exact. Mercury, Saturn and Neptune were retrograde. The Moon was a waning crescent.
StarMap's dataset holds 22 other people born on 13 May, among them Robert Pattinson, Romelu Lukaku and Yaya Touré.
See the sky the night Stevie was born: the stars over Saginaw, Michigan at 16:15, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.
Stevie Wonder’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
22° Taurus 31'
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Stevie Wonder than novelty, and people tend to trust someone who does not change their mind for show. The growth edge is letting go before something stops working.
Moon sign
Aries
18° Aries 19'
With the Moon in Aries, Stevie 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
Libra
12° Libra 14'
With Libra rising, the first impression Stevie gives is graceful, fair and easy to like. People tend to feel considered in Stevie's company, and a Libra rising is often the one asked to settle a disagreement.
The chart wheel
Drawn for 16:15 on 13 May 1950, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel
Placements
| Sun | 22° Taurus 31' | House 8 |
|---|---|---|
| Moon | 18° Aries 19' | House 7 |
| Mercury | 23° Taurus 53'℞ | House 8 |
| Venus | 8° Aries 53' | House 6 |
| Mars | 22° Virgo 37' | House 12 |
| Jupiter | 4° Pisces 29' | House 5 |
| Saturn | 12° Virgo 34'℞ | House 11 |
| Uranus | 2° Cancer 40' | House 9 |
| Neptune | 15° Libra 02'℞ | House 1 |
| Pluto | 15° Leo 49' | House 10 |
| North Node | 6° Aries 44' | House 6 |
| South Node | 6° Libra 44' | House 12 |
Stevie Wonder’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Stevie Wonder’s private life.
Sun in Taurus
22° Taurus 31' · eighth house
purpose and vitality
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Stevie Wonder's vitality probably runs slow and steady rather than in bursts. The drawback is a reluctance to change course even when the plan is clearly not working. People with this Sun can stay in one job or one home long after part of them knows it is time to move.
Stevie is apt to go looking for what lies beneath the surface, in themselves and in the people close to them, and shallow exchanges may leave them cold. With the Sun in the eighth house, trust tends to become the ground their identity is built on, and opening up may wait until it exists.
Moon in Aries
18° Aries 19' · seventh house
needs and habits
The Moon in Aries keeps day-to-day needs simple: something to do right now, and permission to feel it and move on. For Stevie, 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.
With the Moon in the seventh house, Stevie is likely to feel most themselves inside a close partnership, reading the emotional temperature of a relationship constantly and by instinct. Too long alone can leave them unmoored, even when nothing is wrong.
Mercury in Taurus
23° Taurus 53' ℞ · eighth house
mind and voice
With Mercury in Taurus, Stevie is likely to think slowly and thoroughly, and a conclusion once reached is rarely revisited without good reason. The communication style is plain and practical rather than showy. A new idea that clashes with what they already believe may have to wait a while for a hearing.
Mercury in the eighth house can draw Stevie's mind to what is hidden, complicated or left unsaid, and small talk may bore them within minutes. Someone with this placement is often the one who asks the question everyone else in the room was avoiding out of politeness.
Venus in Aries
8° Aries 53' · sixth house
love and values
Venus in Aries loves with immediacy and pursues what it wants without much hesitation, and it values a partner who can keep up. For Stevie that suggests an interest that can fade once the chase is over. The pattern is to fall fast and to need a relationship to keep feeling like a choice, not a routine.
In Stevie's chart, Venus in the sixth house lends grace to the working day, and ordinary tasks often become more pleasant for the people alongside them. A harmonious workplace probably matters more than an impressive one, and tension there can wear on Stevie faster than the workload does.
Mars in Virgo
22° Virgo 37' · twelfth house
drive and anger
Mars in Virgo acts carefully and precisely, preferring to get a task right over getting it done fast, and its anger usually comes from things being done sloppily. When upset, Stevie is more likely to criticise than to confront. A clipped tone often signals frustration well before anything is said directly.
Stevie probably lets go of tension through something active and solitary, away from an audience. Mars in the twelfth house puts drive to work behind the scenes, and frustration that is hard to name can build up when it has no private, physical outlet.
Jupiter in Pisces
4° Pisces 29' · fifth house
growth and excess
For Stevie, Jupiter in Pisces means finding growth in compassion, imagination and a willingness to trust things that cannot be fully explained. The overreach is an idealism about people or situations that the facts do not quite support. Others lean on this generosity of spirit more than they let on.
Jupiter in the fifth house brings a sense of plenty to Stevie's creativity, romance and play, and the placement enjoys these parts of life fully, without holding back. Stevie is likely to be at their most generous and most confident around the things they love doing.
Saturn in Virgo
12° Virgo 34' ℞ · eleventh house
discipline and doubt
Competence is what Saturn in Virgo builds discipline around, often driven by a fear of not yet having done enough to deserve rest. Stevie 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.
With Saturn in the eleventh house, Stevie may keep a smaller circle of friends, but holds on to those friends with loyalty over many years and without much fuss. Belonging to a group is likely to take longer to feel secure, and to be valued all the more for that.
Uranus in Cancer
2° Cancer 40' · ninth house
freedom, generational
Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Stevie 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.
With Uranus in the ninth house, Stevie may be drawn to unusual places and ideas that question the usual view of how things work. A single fixed philosophy rarely holds the interest of someone with this placement, who would rather keep updating a view of the world than settle it once and for all.
Neptune in Libra
15° Libra 02' ℞ · first house
imagination, generational
A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Stevie 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.
With Neptune in the first house, Stevie may come across as a little hard to pin down, with a dreamy or elusive quality that other people sense but cannot quite name. Stevie's sense of self can shift depending on the company they happen to be in.
Pluto in Leo
15° Leo 49' · tenth 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 Stevie, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.
Influence may matter more to Stevie than surface status, and with Pluto in the tenth house, a working life that stops meaning something may well be reinvented. Pluto here is associated with caring more about public power than public popularity, two things that are easy to confuse.
Aspects in Stevie Wonder’s chart
How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.
Sun trine Mars
0.1° applying
Confidence and drive move in the same direction for Stevie Wonder, so they are likely to act on their goals with very little inner resistance. The energy of a Sun-Mars trine is uncomplicated, and other people notice it and often want to be near it.
Mercury trine Mars
1.3° applying
Stevie's thinking and drive support each other, and it shows in decisions communicated with clarity and confidence. Debate and quick thinking come easily with Mercury trine Mars, which makes Stevie persuasive when the moment calls for it.
Sun conjunction Mercury
1.4° applying
With the Sun conjunct Mercury, Stevie's sense of self and way of thinking are fused, so an opinion can feel like a statement of who they are. They are likely to speak their mind readily, and telling a passing thought apart from their identity is a practice worth keeping up.
Jupiter trine Uranus
1.8° separating
Jupiter trine Uranus gives Stevie a knack for spotting unconventional opportunities before other people do, which is what a sense of possibility and originality produce together. Growth arrives through new directions, ones a more cautious approach would probably have missed.
Moon trine Pluto
2.5° separating
Stevie is likely to come through even difficult emotions stronger rather than depleted, because feeling and the capacity for change support each other. The resilience of a Moon-Pluto trine is quiet, the sort that other people only notice in hindsight.
Moon opposition Neptune
3.3° separating
The Moon opposite Neptune pairs grounded emotional honesty with a tendency to idealise how a relationship or a situation feels. For Stevie, checking a feeling against what is happening in front of them keeps that from becoming a pattern of disappointment.
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 Pluto0.8°
- Venus opposition Neptune6.2°
- Venus square Uranus6.2°
- Sun square Pluto6.7°
- Venus trine Pluto6.9°
Taurus Sun and Aries Moon, like Stevie Wonder
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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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