Ed Sheeran birth chart without a birth time

Birth data

Ed Sheeran, full name Edward Christopher Sheeran, was born on February 17, 1991, in Halifax, West Yorkshire. He spent his early childhood in nearby Hebden Bridge and grew up in Framlingham, Suffolk, the town his song "Castle on the Hill" is about. His birth time is unknown, so the chart is cast for noon. Its most visible features are three planets in Aquarius and two fixed stars: Altair on Saturn and Aldebaran on Mars.

What is known and what is not

Wikidata and the English Wikipedia give the same date, February 17, 1991, and a PA report on his 30th birthday on February 17, 2021, confirms it. Halifax as the birthplace is given by Wikipedia, the German national authority record Deutsche Biographie and Astrotheme. Some websites say Hebden Bridge, but that is where he spent his early childhood. Wikidata names a hospital, the Royal Halifax Infirmary, with a single reference to The Sun that we could not open. The coordinates are therefore those of central Halifax, about 1.3 km from the hospital.

We found no birth time from Sheeran himself or from his parents, John and Imogen. Astro-Databank has no page for him, and Astrotheme marks the time as unknown. We have not checked the published biographies of the singer for a time. The chart therefore carries Rodden rating X: date without time.

The chart is cast for 12:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT, UTC+0); in February 1991 England was on winter time. There are no houses, Ascendant or MC (see the section on charts without a time). Without a time the Moon's sign cannot be fixed: the Moon was in Pisces until about 09:10 GMT and then entered Aries. The Sun stayed in Aquarius all day.

Three planets in Aquarius

The Sun at 28°19′ Aquarius, Mercury at 18°32′ Aquarius and Saturn at 1°12′ Aquarius form a stellium. Saturn rules Aquarius in the classical scheme, so it is in its own sign here. Saturn is also conjunct the North Node at 27°43′ Capricorn with an orb of 3°29′, although the Node is still in the neighbouring sign.

Tradition links Aquarius with independence, relations between equals and the wish to do things one's own way. Saturn in this sign adds structure and stubborn work. The semisquare from the Sun to Uranus at 12°21′ Capricorn, orb 0°58′, ties the Sun to the modern ruler of Aquarius.

Saturn on Altair, Mars on Aldebaran

Saturn at 1°12′ Aquarius sits 0°25′ from Altair, the brightest star of Aquila. Ptolemy gave Altair the nature of Mars and Jupiter, and tradition links it with boldness and ambition.

Mars at 8°47′ Gemini sits 0°52′ from Aldebaran, the eye of the Bull and one of the four royal stars of Persia. Ptolemy gave Aldebaran the nature of Mars, so here too the star falls on a planet of the same nature. Tradition reads Mars in Gemini as energy that works through words, hands and quick changes of occupation. Mars also sextiles Jupiter at 6°06′ Leo with an orb of 2°40′.

Mercury square Pluto

Mercury at 18°32′ Aquarius makes a square to Pluto at 20°22′ Scorpio with an orb of 1°49′. Both signs are fixed, and tradition links the aspect with deep, focused thinking that will not let a subject go until it reaches the core. Mercury in Aquarius is read as a mind that sees unusual connections between things.

Venus in Pisces

Venus at 23°58′ Pisces is in the sign of its exaltation. It forms a trine to Chiron at 22°06′ Cancer with an orb of 1°51′ and a trine to Pluto at 20°22′ Scorpio with an orb of 3°36′. Pluto and Chiron are also in trine, with an orb of 1°44′, the tightest major aspect in the chart. All three bodies are in water signs.

The quintile from Venus to Uranus has an orb of 0°22′, the tightest of all the aspects in the chart. Tradition links Venus in Pisces with melody, compassion and imagination, and astrologers read the quintile as a mark of talent and creative skill.

Events often compared with the chart

• September 9, 2011: releases his debut album "+", which enters the UK chart at No. 1.
• February 21, 2012: wins British Male Solo Artist and British Breakthrough Act at the Brit Awards.
• August 12, 2012: sings "Wish You Were Here" with Nick Mason at the closing ceremony of the London Olympics.
• February 15, 2016: "Thinking Out Loud" wins Song of the Year at the Grammys, an award he shares with his co-writer Amy Wadge.
• March 3, 2017: releases "÷" (Divide), the fastest-selling album by a male artist in UK chart history.
• December 7, 2017: receives his MBE for services to music and charity.
• August 26, 2019: ends the Divide tour in Ipswich, the highest-grossing tour to that date, with 255 shows and 775.6 million dollars.

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Planet positions

Calculation: Swiss Ephemeris core-2026.11.07.

Aspects

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Aspect patterns and fixed stars

Patterns are found from the aspects in the table above, stars by a conjunction within 1°.

• Stellium: Sun, Mercury and Saturn in Aquarius
• Altair: Saturn, orb 0°25′
• Aldebaran: Mars, orb 0°52′

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