Umm Kulthum’s birth chart
Born 4 May 1904, in Tamayy Elzahayra, Egypt. StarMap has no verified birth time yet.
Taurus Sun · Capricorn Moon
Umm Kulthum’s zodiac sign and chart, in brief
Umm Kulthum was born on Wednesday, 4 May 1904, in Tamayy Elzahayra, Egypt. That made them a Taurus, with the Moon in Capricorn. They died on 3 February 1975, aged 70. No verified birth time is on file for them; the chart is cast for midday, without houses.
Of the ten planets, four are in earth signs, three in fire, two in air and one in water. By modality the count is four cardinal, four fixed and two mutable. Sun, Mercury and Mars all fall in Taurus. No two planets sit closer to an exact angle than Mars and Saturn: a square, about 0.2° from exact at midday. Aspects to the Moon are not counted, because the Moon moves about thirteen degrees in a day. Mercury and Uranus were retrograde. The Moon was waning gibbous, between full and last quarter.
StarMap's dataset holds 11 other people born on 4 May, among them Audrey Hepburn, Cesc Fàbregas and Fernandinho.
Umm Kulthum’s Sun, Moon and rising sign
Sun sign
Taurus
about 13° Taurus at midday
A Taurus Sun builds. Comfort, steadiness and things that last probably matter more to Umm Kulthum 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
Capricorn
in this sign all day; the degree depends on the birth time
A Capricorn Moon feels responsibly. With it, Umm Kulthum may hold themselves together for other people, and can be hard on themselves when they cannot. This Moon tends to be restored by accomplishment, by structure, and by the rare person allowed to see them tired.
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 Tamayy Elzahayra, Egypt, at each hour of the day.
Umm Kulthum’s rising sign, by birth time
StarMap has not verified a birth time for Umm Kulthum 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 4 May 1904, computed for Tamayy Elzahayra, Egypt.
| Born around (local time) | Rising sign |
|---|---|
| 00:00 to 00:10 | Capricorn rising |
| 00:10 to 01:45 | Aquarius rising |
| 01:45 to 03:10 | Pisces rising |
| 03:10 to 04:30 | Aries rising |
| 04:30 to 06:10 | Taurus rising |
| 06:10 to 08:10 | Gemini rising |
| 08:10 to 10:25 | Cancer rising |
| 10:25 to 12:45 | Leo rising |
| 12:45 to 15:05 | Virgo rising |
| 15:05 to 17:25 | Libra rising |
| 17:25 to 19:50 | Scorpio rising |
| 19:50 to 22:05 | Sagittarius rising |
| 22:05 to 24:00 | Capricorn 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 4 May 1904, 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 | 13° Taurus 29' |
|---|---|
| Moon | Capricorn |
| Mercury | 26° Taurus 13'℞ |
| Venus | 26° Aries 04' |
| Mars | 20° Taurus 12' |
| Jupiter | 15° Aries 18' |
| Saturn | 20° Aquarius 23' |
| Uranus | 29° Sagittarius 34'℞ |
| Neptune | 3° Cancer 50' |
| Pluto | 19° Gemini 20' |
| North Node | 26° Virgo 22' |
| South Node | 26° Pisces 22' |
Positions at midday, local time. Without a birth time there are no houses.
Umm Kulthum’s planets, sign by sign
Each planet by sign: what the placement is traditionally taken to mean, not a claim about Umm Kulthum’s private life.
Sun in Taurus
13° Taurus 29' at midday
purpose and vitality
A Taurus Sun finds purpose in building something that lasts, and Umm Kulthum'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.
Moon in Capricorn
Capricorn, all day
needs and habits
With the Moon in Capricorn, Umm Kulthum's comfort probably comes from accomplishing something concrete each day, and an unproductive day can leave them oddly unsettled even on holiday. Harder feelings tend to be kept for when they are alone. Before rest is allowed there is usually one more thing to tidy, organise or finish.
Mercury in Taurus
26° Taurus 13' at midday ℞
mind and voice
With Mercury in Taurus, Umm Kulthum 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.
Venus in Aries
26° Aries 04' at midday
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 Umm Kulthum 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.
Mars in Taurus
20° Taurus 12' at midday
drive and anger
Mars in Taurus acts deliberately and sticks with a course once chosen, and its anger builds slowly but takes a long time to cool once it arrives. At times Umm Kulthum may dig in out of stubbornness rather than conviction. It takes real provocation to make this Mars snap, and the rattled feeling tends to last a while afterwards.
Jupiter in Aries
15° Aries 18' at midday
growth and excess
Jupiter in Aries grows through bold, direct action and taking the first step before feeling fully ready. Umm Kulthum'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.
Saturn in Aquarius
20° Aquarius 23' at midday
discipline and doubt
With Saturn in Aquarius, Umm Kulthum's discipline probably gathers around belonging to a group on their own terms; it is the placement of the one-time outsider. The doubt means holding back the stranger ideas until there is no risk of mockery. The outsider often ends up as a trusted voice in exactly the kind of community that once seemed unlikely to accept them.
Uranus in Sagittarius
29° Sagittarius 34' at midday ℞
freedom, generational
Uranus in Sagittarius is less about Umm Kulthum than about the years around their birth. People of that age transform belief and access to knowledge, often through unprecedented exposure to other cultures and ideas. The personal trace is a restlessness with any single worldview presented as the only one.
Neptune in Cancer
3° Cancer 50' at midday
imagination, generational
Neptune in Cancer is shared by Umm Kulthum and many people born in the same decade or so. The generation idealises home and family, often carrying a wider nostalgia for a version of belonging that may never quite have existed. Personally it can be a soft-focus longing for a childhood home.
Pluto in Gemini
19° Gemini 20' at midday
power, generational
Umm Kulthum shares Pluto in Gemini with many people born in the same long stretch of years. That generation transforms communication and collective thought, often through upheavals in how information is controlled and shared. The personal portion is an intense relationship with what counts as truth.
Aspects in Umm Kulthum’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 square Saturn
about 0.2° at midday
Umm Kulthum's drive can meet resistance, from outside obstacles or from private doubt, and frustration builds when progress feels blocked. Under this square, every stretch of steady work done anyway turns that resistance into competence, the kind that is there when it is needed most.
Saturn trine Pluto
about 1.0° at midday
Discipline and the capacity for transformation work together under Saturn trine Pluto, so Umm Kulthum can rebuild after a setback with a strength that outlasts the difficulty. Such endurance is quiet and formidable, and other people tend to notice it only in hindsight, once the hard period has passed.
Venus trine Uranus
about 3.5° at midday
Closeness does not have to feel confining for Umm Kulthum, because under this trine affection and independence sit easily together. Excitement and stability manage to coexist, more comfortably than the usual choice between the two would suggest.
Jupiter sextile Pluto
about 4.0° at midday
Meaningful growth without constant upheaval is what Jupiter sextile Pluto describes, with Umm Kulthum's sense of possibility and depth working in concert. The opportunities that matter tend to come at a manageable pace, not all at once in a way that would be hard to absorb.
Mercury square Saturn
about 5.8° at midday
Self-doubt can get into thinking when Mercury is square Saturn, in the form of over-editing or delaying a decision that was ready. Sharing the unfinished thought anyway, again and again, is what loosens the doubt's hold over what Umm Kulthum is willing to say out loud.
Mercury conjunction Mars
about 6.0° at midday
With Mercury conjunct Mars, thinking and the drive to act are closely linked, so ideas turn into words and decisions almost immediately. It makes Umm Kulthum quick and direct in conversation, and the discipline is letting a thought settle before saying it out loud.
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.
- Uranus opposition Neptuneabout 4.3°
- Sun conjunction Marsabout 6.7°
- Sun square Saturnabout 6.9°
Taurus Sun and Capricorn Moon, like Umm Kulthum
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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; 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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