Bette Midler has the Sun in Sagittarius, the Moon in Scorpio and Aries rising: a singer, comic and actress with a famously bold first impression, a big laugh and real depth of feeling underneath.

She was born at 2:19 in the afternoon on 1 December 1945 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from a quoted birth record. Her mother named her after the actress Bette Davis. She made her name singing at the Continental Baths in New York in 1970, released her first album, The Divine Miss M, in 1972, and went on to star in The Rose (1979), Beaches (1988), Hocus Pocus (1993) and The First Wives Club (1996). Her career has run for six decades, with Grammy, Emmy, Tony and Golden Globe awards along the way.

Sun in Sagittarius in the 8th house

Her Sun sits at 9 degrees of Sagittarius, the sign of humour, frankness and big adventures. Sagittarius doesn't do small, and neither does the Divine Miss M. The Sun is in the 8th house, the house of depth and intensity, and it makes easy aspects to Neptune and Pluto, the planets of glamour and power. It is a chart that can play the clown and then, in the next song, break your heart.

Moon in Scorpio, with Venus nearby

Her Moon is in Scorpio in the 7th house of partners, and Venus is in Scorpio too, in a very close trine to Saturn. A Scorpio Moon feels everything intensely and keeps its deepest feelings private. The tie between Venus and Saturn is a sign of loyalty that lasts: she married the artist Martin von Haselberg in 1984 and they are still together. The Moon also squares Pluto, which adds force to her dramatic roles, from the doomed singer in The Rose to the grieving friend in Beaches.

Aries rising, with a Capricorn Midheaven

Aries rising is direct, quick and fearless, the first impression of someone who walks straight in. It suits a performer who began her career in a bathhouse cabaret and made bawdy jokes part of the act. Her Midheaven, the public role, is in Capricorn, the sign of long careers built step by step: Broadway, then records, then films, then Broadway again in Hello, Dolly! in 2017. Jupiter in Libra sits in her 7th house, across from her Ascendant, a sign of lucky partnerships, and she made some of her best-loved films beside other actresses, among them Diane Keaton.

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