Shakira birth chart without a confirmed birth time

Birth data

Shakira was born on February 2, 1977, in Barranquilla, Colombia. Her birth time comes only from a biography, so the chart is cast for noon and the reading rests on the planets and the aspects between them. The feature that holds the chart together is a fixed T-square: the Sun in Aquarius opposite Saturn in Leo, with Uranus in Scorpio at the apex.

What is known and what is not

The date and city are not in dispute. Wikidata gives February 2, 1977, and Barranquilla, and so does a 2017 Notimex report printed in El Siglo de Torreón. The biography quoted below names the Clínica Santa Mónica, but that detail comes from the same source as the time, so the coordinates are those of Barranquilla city centre.

The time of 9:30 a.m. comes from the chronology in a biography by Edgar García Ochoa (Planeta, 2001), a Barranquilla journalist who knew the family. The book also names the doctor, the weight and a caesarean birth, but not who gave the hour. Astro-Databank and Astrotheme both quote this book through the same collector, Sy Scholfield, so they are one source, not two. A time from a biography carries Rodden rating B, and under our rules a B time stays a version and does not become the main time.

The second version, 10:08 a.m., comes from astrology websites with no original source; Astro-Databank used it, rated C, until 2022. Both versions give an Aries Ascendant.

The chart is cast for 12:00 Colombian time (UTC-5). Colombia did not use daylight saving time in 1977; it tried it only in 1992-1993. A chart without a birth time has no houses, Ascendant or MC, and the Moon's degree is left out. Here even the Moon's sign is uncertain: during February 2, 1977, the Moon moved from Cancer into Leo.

A fixed T-square with Uranus at the apex

The Sun at 13°45′ Aquarius opposes Saturn at 13°24′ Leo with an orb of 0°20′. Uranus at 11°43′ Scorpio squares both ends: the Saturn-Uranus square has an orb of 1°41′, and the Sun-Uranus square has an orb of 2°01′. Aquarius, Leo and Scorpio are fixed signs, so this is a fixed T-square with Uranus at the apex. Saturn is retrograde.

Aquarius has two rulers: Saturn in the classical scheme and Uranus in the modern one. In this chart both of them make hard aspects to the Aquarian Sun. Tradition reads the Sun-Saturn opposition as a pull between self-expression and duty, and the fixed cross as persistence and long pressure in one direction. Uranus at the apex is read as a need for independence and for sudden breaks with the expected course.

Pluto and Neptune on the opposition

Pluto at 14°06′ Libra trines the Sun with an orb of 0°21′ and sextiles Saturn with an orb of 0°41′. Neptune at 15°37′ Sagittarius sextiles the Sun with an orb of 1°52′ and trines Saturn with an orb of 2°12′. Neptune and Pluto are themselves sextile, with an orb of 1°31′.

Each of the two slow planets touches both ends of the Sun-Saturn opposition with soft aspects, and astrologers read such a planet as an outlet for the tension of the opposition. The Neptune-Pluto sextile itself is shared by everyone born in those years and becomes personal here through the Sun and Saturn. The articles on the trine and the sextile explain both aspects.

Capricorn and the Node-Chiron axis

Mercury at 19°15′ Capricorn and Mars at 24°46′ Capricorn both trine Jupiter at 21°44′ Taurus: Mercury with an orb of 2°28′, Mars with an orb of 3°02′. Classical astrology counts Mars as exalted in Capricorn, and tradition links the earth trine with steady, practical effort that pays off over time.

Mars also squares the true Node at 27°23′ Libra (orb 2°37′) and Chiron at 27°37′ Aries (orb 2°51′). The Node and Chiron themselves stand almost exactly opposite each other, orb 0°13′, the tightest aspect in the chart. Counting these points, this is a second, cardinal T-square with Mars at the apex, but not every astrologer builds patterns on them, so the profile's pattern list leaves it out. More on the angle in the article on the square aspect.

Events often compared with the chart

• October 6, 1995: releases "Pies descalzos", the album that made her known across Latin America.
• February 21, 2001: first Grammy, Best Latin Pop Album for "MTV Unplugged", which she dedicates to Colombia.
• October 24, 2003: UNICEF names her a Goodwill Ambassador, the youngest and the first Colombian in the role.
• July 11, 2010: sings "Waka Waka" at the World Cup closing ceremony in Johannesburg.
• February 2, 2020: co-headlines the Super Bowl LIV halftime show with Jennifer Lopez, on her birthday.
• February 2, 2025: "Las Mujeres Ya No Lloran" wins the Grammy for Best Latin Pop Album.

These dates are starting points for your own work with transits. We do not make predictions about the health, court cases or future careers of living people.

Planet positions

Calculation: Swiss Ephemeris 2.10.03.

Aspects

Shakira in other systems

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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°.

• T-square: Saturn and Sun, apex Uranus
• Acubens: Saturn, orb 0°05′

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