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Sting’s birth chart

Born 2 October 1951, in Wallsend, England, at 01:30 (Rodden A).

Libra Sun · Libra Moon · Leo rising

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Sting’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief

2 October 1951 was a Tuesday: the day Sting was born in Wallsend, England. That makes Sting a Libra, with the Moon in Libra and Leo rising. Sting turns 75 in 2026. The birth time, 01:30, 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: four of the ten planets, against fire three, earth two and water one. Across cardinal, fixed and mutable signs the split is six, two and two. Four planets stand together in Libra: Sun, Moon, Saturn and Neptune. Closest of the aspects is the conjunction between Moon and Neptune, 0.9° from exact. Jupiter was retrograde. The Moon was a waxing crescent.

StarMap's dataset holds 15 other people born on 2 October, among them Graham Greene, Alisson Becker and Roberto Firmino.

See the sky the night Sting was born: the stars over Wallsend, England at 01:30, drawn as a star map with the date and the place beneath.

Sting’s Sun, Moon and rising sign

Sun sign

Libra

8° Libra 00'

A Libra Sun balances. Fairness, beauty and the quality of relationships tend to shape Sting's decisions, and this is a placement that can see both sides of almost anything. The growth lies in choosing a side when it counts.

Moon sign

Libra

19° Libra 46'

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

Rising sign

Leo

10° Leo 25'

Leo rising comes across as warm and impossible to miss. People assume confidence whether or not it is felt, and Sting's presence can change the temperature of a room.

The chart wheel

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Touch a planet to see its aspects; houses are numbered inside the ring.

Drawn for 01:30 on 2 October 1951, with the eastern horizon on the left. How to read a chart wheel

Placements

Sting’s planets by sign and house
Sun8° Libra 00'House 3
Moon19° Libra 46'House 4
Mercury28° Virgo 57'House 3
Venus3° Virgo 01'House 2
Mars28° Leo 09'House 2
Jupiter9° Aries 18'℞House 9
Saturn5° Libra 47'House 3
Uranus13° Cancer 50'House 12
Neptune18° Libra 50'House 4
Pluto20° Leo 54'House 1
North Node9° Pisces 41'House 8
South Node9° Virgo 41'House 2

Sting’s planets, sign by sign

Each planet by sign and house: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Sting’s private life.

  1. Sun in Libra

    8° Libra 00' · third house

    purpose and vitality

    With the Sun in Libra, Sting's vitality is likely to rise in good company, and purpose to feel real when they are creating balance or beauty with other people. The risk is losing their own direction while managing everyone else's. Deciding alone is probably harder for them than deciding with a second opinion in the room.

    What energises Sting is talking, writing and swapping ideas with whoever happens to be around that day. With the Sun in the third house, curiosity is not a side interest but close to the core of who they are, and a good conversation can change their whole mood.

  2. Moon in Libra

    19° Libra 46' · fourth house

    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 Sting'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.

    For Sting, the Moon in the fourth house can make home the place where emotions live, and the placement is associated with unusual sensitivity to the mood of a household. A settled home probably steadies almost everything else, while chaos there can unsettle them quickly.

  3. Mercury in Virgo

    28° Virgo 57' · third house

    mind and voice

    For Sting, 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.

    The third house is Mercury's natural home, and words, ideas and quick exchanges come more easily to Sting than to most people. Someone with this placement is often the fastest talker or the sharpest writer in the room.

  4. Venus in Virgo

    3° Virgo 01' · second house

    love and values

    With Venus in Virgo, Sting 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.

    With Venus in the second house, Sting has an eye for quality and comfort, and being surrounded by beautiful things probably matters more to them than an outsider would guess. Sting's taste leans towards pleasure, ease and things made well, over things that are merely practical.

  5. Mars in Leo

    28° Leo 09' · second house

    drive and anger

    Mars in Leo acts with confidence and wants the effort to be visible, and for Sting its anger is likely to flare when pride or loyalty is challenged. The tension is turning a disagreement into a matter of ego. Criticism of the work can feel personal to a Leo Mars, even when it was not meant that way.

    With Mars in the second house, Sting goes after what they want with visible drive, and a firm sense of their own worth fuels that determination. Patience with slow, gradual progress is unlikely to be their strong suit, and waiting around frustrates them quickly.

  6. Jupiter in Aries

    9° Aries 18' ℞ · ninth house

    growth and excess

    Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Sting's overreach, on this reading, is starting more than can realistically be finished. A burst of confidence tends to get a new venture off the ground, whether or not the groundwork is in place.

    The ninth house is Jupiter's natural home, and travel, higher learning and big philosophical questions excite Sting more than almost anything else. Someone with this placement is often the first to say yes to the unplanned trip or the ambitious course of study.

  7. Saturn in Libra

    5° Libra 47' · third house

    discipline and doubt

    For Sting, 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.

    In Sting's chart, Saturn sits in the third house, a placement associated with caution in speech: a sense of being unheard or over-careful with words, and a freedom to speak up that comes with deliberate practice. What they say often carries weight, because they choose their words with care.

  8. Uranus in Cancer

    13° Cancer 50' · twelfth house

    freedom, generational

    Uranus in Cancer belongs to an age group rather than to Sting 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 twelfth house brings sudden insight in quiet or solitude, often surprising even Sting with where it comes from. Their inner world is apt to hold ideas that run ahead of language, waiting for the right moment to surface.

  9. Neptune in Libra

    18° Libra 50' · fourth house

    imagination, generational

    A whole generation has Neptune in Libra, Sting 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.

    Sting is likely to be sensitive to the underlying mood of a household in ways that other people in the same room often miss. With Neptune in the fourth house, home can take on an idealised or slightly hazy quality, and the sense of family is apt to be more emotional than literal.

  10. Pluto in Leo

    20° Leo 54' · first 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 Sting, it can be a charged relationship with authority and with who gets to hold the spotlight.

    Sting probably carries an intensity that people sense even when very little is said, and Pluto in the first house suggests a sense of self that can be remade more than once. Sting is not easily changed by outside pressure, and other people tend to notice that quickly.

Aspects in Sting’s chart

How the planets stand to each other, tightest first.

  1. Moon conjunction Neptune

    0.9° separating

    With the Moon conjunct Neptune, Sting is likely to be deeply sensitive and imaginative, picking up on the moods around them almost before registering their own. Empathy is the gift in this, and the lesson worth learning is which feelings are theirs.

  2. Moon sextile Pluto

    1.1° applying

    Sting's feelings can draw on their depth without constant upheaval, which makes for a steady kind of emotional resilience. They probably recover from hard feelings more easily than might be expected, and often faster than the people watching.

  3. Sun opposition Jupiter

    1.3° applying

    The Sun opposite Jupiter can leave Sting torn between their own direction and the draw of other people's philosophies, mentors and offers. Finding their own confidence rather than borrowing someone else's is what turns this pull into growth they can stand behind.

  4. Sun conjunction Saturn

    2.2° separating

    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 Sting reliable and serious, and the growth comes from believing that they have done enough to rest.

  5. Jupiter opposition Saturn

    3.5° applying

    Sting is likely to feel two instincts at once: to expand into new opportunities, and to consolidate what is already in hand. Neither is wrong, and with Jupiter opposite Saturn a deliberate alternation between them tends to work better than treating it as a permanent choice.

  6. Jupiter square Uranus

    4.5° separating

    An appetite for growth can turn erratic under Jupiter square Uranus, with sudden changes of direction that leave earlier plans unfinished. The instinct for change this square gives Sting is a good one, and it does most when channelled into fewer, more deliberate moves that get to see the finish line.

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 Pluto2.1°
  • Venus conjunction Mars4.9°
  • Uranus square Neptune5.0°
  • Sun square Uranus5.8°
  • Moon square Uranus5.9°
  • Mercury conjunction Saturn6.8°
  • Mars conjunction Pluto7.2°

Libra Sun and Libra Moon, like Sting

Also born on 2 October

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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