Diana Ross has the Sun in Aries, the Moon in Taurus and Scorpio rising: the lead singer of the Supremes and a solo star, with a chart that pairs Aries ambition with Taurus staying power.

She was born at 11:46 in the evening on 26 March 1944 in Detroit, Michigan. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from a quoted birth record. She sang lead in the Supremes, Motown's most successful act of the 1960s, with 12 number-one singles in the United States, then left the group in 1970 for a solo career. Her first film role, as Billie Holiday in Lady Sings the Blues (1972), earned her an Academy Award nomination.

Sun in Aries, trine Pluto

Her Sun sits at 6 degrees of Aries in the 4th house, the house of roots and home. Aries wants to be first, and Ross became the face of the most famous girl group in the world before she was 25, then stepped out on her own. The Sun makes an exact trine to Pluto, the planet of power, and a sextile to Uranus, the planet of change: an easy gift for reinvention and for taking control of her own career.

Moon in Taurus in the 6th house

The Moon in Taurus is calm, steady and sensual, and astrologers call it the Moon's best sign. In Ross's chart it is in the 6th house of daily work and discipline, and it makes a close, easy sextile to Venus. It describes an artist whose glamour rested on long hours of rehearsal and a steady, patient approach to her craft. More than six decades after the Supremes' first hits, she was still touring.

Scorpio rising, with Venus in Pisces

Scorpio rising gives a magnetic, guarded first impression. Her Venus, the planet of beauty, is in Pisces, the sign of glamour and dreams, and her ninth house holds Jupiter and Pluto in Leo, the sign of the stage. Taken together, they suit the sequins, the gowns and the wind machine, and a star who made the glamour look effortless. Her Midheaven, the public role, is in Virgo, a quieter note: a professional known for perfectionism about her music and her image.

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