Cher has the Sun in Taurus, the Moon in Capricorn and Cancer rising: a performer famous for reinventing herself, with a chart that is, underneath the sequins, practical, self-reliant and built for the long haul.

She was born at 7:25 in the morning on 20 May 1946 in El Centro, California. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from a quoted birth record. She became famous in the duo Sonny & Cher in the mid-1960s, then as a solo singer, a television host and an actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for Moonstruck (1987), and her career has now run for more than six decades.

Sun in Taurus, at the very last degree

Her Sun sits at 29 degrees of Taurus, the last degree before Gemini. Taurus gives the low, rich voice (it is the sign of the throat) and the staying power; the closeness to Gemini adds a quick tongue and a love of change. Her career has gone through several distinct lives, and each time she came back, often with a sound or a look nobody expected. In 1998 her album Believe made a deliberately robotic vocal effect, created with Auto-Tune software, famous around the world.

Moon in Capricorn in the 7th house

The Moon in Capricorn is serious, self-reliant and hard-working, the opposite of the glittering image. In her chart it sits in the 7th house of partnership, opposite Saturn in her 1st house, and in an exact square to Jupiter. It describes a career that began as half of a couple and a person who learned, over time, to stand on her own.

Cancer rising, with a Pisces Midheaven

Cancer rising is protective and sensitive, and it often hides that under a shell. Her Midheaven, the public image, is in Pisces, the sign of glamour, costume and fantasy. That fits the Bob Mackie gowns of her 1970s television shows and the elaborate staging of her concerts: a public face made of dreams, worn by someone who keeps her own feelings close.

Compare your chart with hers

If you share her Taurus Sun or her Cancer rising, you may know how it feels to change everything on the surface and nothing underneath. Add your details below to see how your chart meets hers.