Elvis Presley had the Sun, Mercury and Venus in Capricorn, the Moon in Pisces and Sagittarius rising: a hard-working, ambitious core, a deeply devotional heart and a larger-than-life way of meeting the world.

He was born at 4:35 in the morning on 8 January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi. Astro-Databank rates the time AA, from the birth record. His family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, when he was 13, and in July 1954 he recorded "That's All Right" at Sun Records there.

Sun, Mercury and Venus in Capricorn in the 2nd house

Capricorn is ambition, structure and building something that lasts. The 2nd house is money, possessions and what we value. Few charts point so directly at earning. Within two years of that first single he had moved to RCA, topped the charts with "Heartbreak Hotel" (1956) and started a film career, and in 1957 he bought Graceland, his home in Memphis. Capricorn also takes responsibility for family, and his parents moved into Graceland with him.

Venus square Uranus: the shock

Venus, the planet of attraction, makes a close square to Uranus, the planet of shock and rebellion. It is a famously provocative aspect. His way of moving on stage alarmed parents and critics in the mid-1950s, and on his third appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, in January 1957, the cameras famously showed him only from the waist up.

Moon in Pisces in the 3rd house

The Moon in Pisces is devotional, sensitive and musical, and it is often read as a sign of a strong bond with the mother. He was very close to his mother, Gladys, all his life. Gospel music was the music he grew up singing in church and loved most, and all three of his competitive Grammy Awards were for gospel recordings.

Sagittarius rising

Sagittarius rising is big, warm, generous and a little extravagant. He was known for giving away cars to friends, and sometimes to strangers. Jupiter, the planet that rules Sagittarius, sits in Scorpio in his 11th house of friends, which fits the circle of friends and employees, the "Memphis Mafia", who travelled with him for years.

Mars in Libra in the 10th house

Mars, the drive, sits at the top of the chart in the 10th house of career. In Libra, the sign of partnership, his career was driven together with others: above all his manager, Colonel Tom Parker, who managed it from the mid-1950s until the end of his life. After army service in Germany (1958 to 1960) and most of the 1960s spent making films, his 1968 television special, now known as the '68 Comeback Special, brought him back to live performance, and from 1969 he played long seasons in Las Vegas. He died in August 1977, aged 42.

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If you share his Capricorn Sun or his Pisces Moon, you may know the pull between hard work and a much softer heart. Add your details below to see how your chart meets his.