Lady Gaga's zodiac sign and birth chart: an Aries Sun, a Scorpio Moon, Venus in Aries and Mars in Capricorn

What is Lady Gaga's zodiac sign?

An Aries, on a birth date of March 28, 1986. Lady Gaga, the singer, songwriter and actor, was born in New York City, New York, about a week into Aries season, and the Sun is in Aries for the whole of that day. Aries opens the zodiac. It is a cardinal fire sign ruled by Mars, and tradition links it with boldness, initiative and a refusal to wait for permission. Astrologers describe it as the sign that goes first: act, see what happens, adjust. Bluntness and a quick temper are the standard cautions, along with a low tolerance for being told to slow down.

Moon sign

Her Moon is in Scorpio, and this placement is firm: it holds whatever the time of birth that day. No birth time is needed to state it. Astrologers read a Scorpio Moon as emotionally intense, private and fiercely loyal, with feelings that run deep and are shared selectively. Tradition places the Moon in its fall in Scorpio, which is a technical way of saying that the soft, comfort-seeking Moon is in a sign that prefers depth to ease. Aries and Scorpio also share Mars as their traditional ruler, so a classical astrologer would describe this Sun and Moon as answering to the same planet.

Venus and Mars

Both planets move slowly enough to stay in one sign for the entire birth day. Venus in Aries is read as direct and unguarded in love: quick to pursue, honest about wanting something, and bored by games. Venus is traditionally in detriment in Aries, meaning the planet of harmony is working in a sign built for action. Mars in Capricorn is the opposite case. Astrologers call Mars exalted there, and the placement is associated with discipline, stamina and long-range ambition, energy that is rationed and aimed. Because Mars rules both Aries and, traditionally, Scorpio, this Capricorn Mars is the planet a traditional reading would start from.

Rising sign

Her rising sign is not reliably documented, so we do not state one. Astro-Databank, the reference archive for birth data, lists a time of 9:53 am and gives it a Rodden rating of DD. On the Rodden scale, DD is the grade for data that is conflicting and unverified, the opposite end from a time taken from a birth certificate. The Ascendant changes sign about every two hours, which makes it the most time-sensitive point in a chart. A rising sign built on a DD time is a guess, and any chart for her that shows houses and an Ascendant should be read with that in mind. The four placements above need no such caveat, and the Big Three guide explains what the rising sign would add if a documented time turns up.

Is Lady Gaga into astrology?

We found no public statement from Lady Gaga about astrology, her sign or her chart. Fans read the chart anyway, and with a firm Sun, Moon, Venus and Mars there is plenty for them to read. That interest belongs to the readers. Nothing on this page should be taken as her view of astrology, or as a description of her temperament; it is the tradition's reading of a date.

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