Diana, Princess of Wales had the Sun in Cancer, the Moon in Aquarius and Sagittarius rising: a deeply caring nature in a chart that never quite fitted inside protocol.

She was born Diana Frances Spencer at 7:45 in the evening on 1 July 1961 at Park House, on the Sandringham estate in Norfolk. Astro-Databank rates the time A, as given from family memory, which is reliable but not from a birth record. She married the Prince of Wales in July 1981, and over the next sixteen years became one of the best-known women in the world.

Sun in Cancer in the 7th house, trine Neptune

Cancer is the sign of care, home and protection. Her Sun sits in the 7th house, the house of marriage and partnership, so her public life began through a marriage, and the role she was known for was defined by it. The Sun forms an almost exact trine to Neptune, the planet of compassion, and of image and glamour too. Few aspects describe her better: a warmth that reached people she had never met, carried by one of the most photographed faces of the century.

In April 1987 she opened the UK's first ward dedicated to HIV and AIDS patients, at Middlesex Hospital in London, and shook a patient's hand without gloves. At a time of fear and stigma, the photograph changed how many people saw the illness. That is Cancer's instinct to comfort, made public by Neptune.

Sagittarius rising, with Saturn in the 1st house

Sagittarius rising comes across as warm, open and informal, quick to laugh and slow to stand on ceremony. She was known for kneeling to talk to children at their own height, hugging people the royal rule book said to greet with a handshake, and taking her sons to theme parks and fast-food restaurants.

Saturn, the planet of duty, rules and formality, sits in its own sign of Capricorn in her 1st house. It is the weight on the free Sagittarian spirit: the constraints of a very old institution, worn on the body. Her chart holds both the warmth and the duty, and her public life often looked like a negotiation between them.

Moon in Aquarius, opposite Uranus

The Moon in Aquarius needs independence and a cause bigger than the self. Hers sits opposite Uranus, the planet of the unexpected and of breaking free, and astrologers read this as a strong need for emotional freedom and a life that refuses to follow the expected script. Her causes grew more independent as the years went on. In January 1997 she walked through a cleared section of a minefield in Huambo, Angola, with the HALO Trust, to draw attention to landmines. Later that year, governments signed the Ottawa Treaty banning anti-personnel mines.

Venus in Taurus, square Uranus

Venus, the planet of beauty and style, sits in Taurus, its own sign, in the 5th house of creativity and self-expression. It makes a close square to Uranus, the rule-breaker. Her style moved from the frills of the early 1980s to the clean, confident tailoring and evening dresses of the 1990s. In June 1997 she sold 79 of her dresses at Christie's in New York and gave the money to charity.

A Libra Midheaven, with Neptune in the 10th house

The Midheaven describes the public role. Libra is grace, beauty and diplomacy, a fitting sign for a princess whose work was largely about bringing people together. Neptune in the 10th house is the classic signature of a public image larger than life: idealised, endlessly photographed and hard to live up to. In a 1995 television interview she said she would like to be "a queen of people's hearts" (BBC Panorama).

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If you share her Cancer Sun or her Sagittarius rising, you may know the pull between caring for everyone and needing room to be yourself. Add your details below to see how your chart meets hers.