Born: August 4, 1981, 4:46 AM local time, Canoga Park, California, USA. Source: Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA.
The AA rating means this time comes from a birth certificate or birth record, so the rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses below can be taken at face value. Open Meghan Markle's chart on Astrolas alongside this read.
One cluster runs the whole chart. The WMoon, YJupiter and USaturn all sit in jLibra, within less than two degrees of each other, and all three fall in the 3rd house, the part of the chart the Astrolas library ties to communication, learning and the people nearby. Everything else in the chart, from a Leo Sun that wants the spotlight to a private, home-focused Pluto, sits around that one dense core.
Moon, Jupiter and Saturn locked together in Libra, in the 3rd house
The Moon sits at 4ยฐ54' Libra, Jupiter at 6ยฐ41' and Saturn at 5ยฐ52', all three within two degrees of each other and all three in the 3rd house. Jupiter is conjunct Saturn with an orb of 0ยฐ49', the Moon is conjunct Saturn at 0ยฐ58', and the Moon is conjunct Jupiter at 1ยฐ47'. All three pairings have library text behind them, rare for a chart this busy.
The library reads a Libra Moon as charming, fair-minded and most comfortable in cooperation, someone whose success often runs through important relationships. It reads Jupiter in Libra as a placement where fortune arrives through partnership and connection, with real diplomatic skill. Saturn in Libra adds judgment and a strong sense of justice, suited to mediating, though relationships here tend to form cautiously and sometimes later than usual. Layered into the 3rd house, that same trio turns toward communication: thought and feeling blend together, memory runs strong, and the mind needs real stimulation, with close ties to siblings and neighbors, an optimistic communicator with a gift for teaching and motivating others, and a careful mind that waits for the most certain moment before speaking.
The three aspects between them sharpen that picture. Jupiter conjunct Saturn, in the library's reading, means idealism has to work against real obstacles, with slow, steady, lasting success as the reward for anyone who can pair enthusiasm with discipline. The Moon conjunct Saturn points to a disciplined upbringing and a learned self-control that steadies the emotions over time, sometimes aided by taking on the role of mentor to someone else. The Moon conjunct Jupiter describes warmth, compassion and confidence, happiest when expanding a worldview through learning, with a caution against letting that generosity go unreturned.
Markle spent seven seasons, from 2011 to 2018, playing a paralegal on the legal drama Suits, a long, steady build rather than a single overnight break, which fits the Jupiter-Saturn text closely. She has also spoken at the United Nations on gender equality and travelled to Rwanda as a World Vision Canada ambassador in 2016, public work that leans on exactly the connective, communicative, partnership-driven themes this Libra cluster describes.
Sun and Mercury in Leo, in the 1st house
The Sun sits at 12ยฐ00' gLeo and Mercury at 5ยฐ36' Leo, both in the 1st house. The Sun is also trine the Midheaven with an orb of just 0ยฐ11', the tightest aspect anywhere in this chart, though the library doesn't have text for that pairing yet.
The library reads a Leo Sun as radiant, confident and magnetic, someone who tends to become the center of attention through warmth, humor and natural presence, with a career suited to the arts, entertainment or public-facing work. Mercury in the same sign adds eloquence and a flair for performance, someone who thrives in front of an audience, though prone to stubbornness once a position is set. In the 1st house, both planets turn outward: a Sun that wants to lead and be recognized for real achievements, and a Mercury that needs new intellectual challenges and communicates with humor and flexibility, adapting to whoever is in the room.
Markle's career has run largely in public view, from her television work to a wedding televised around the world on May 19, 2018, and later a podcast, Archetypes, and a lifestyle brand built on her own name recognition. A Leo Sun and Mercury in the 1st house, both wanting to be seen and heard, fits a life spent mostly in front of an audience.
Mars in Cancer, in the 12th house
Mars sits at 11ยฐ27' fCancer, in the 12th house. It also squares the Midheaven with an orb of 0ยฐ21', another extremely tight contact the library has no text for yet.
The library reads Mars in Cancer as action guided by emotion rather than force: a will that advances steadily, like tidal waves, rather than in one sharp burst, with deep attachment to whatever project or relationship it takes on. In the 12th house, that same energy turns inward. The library describes anger and powerful feelings kept hidden rather than shown, paired with real creative potential, sharp intuition about other people's motives, and a quiet, often unseen fight for humanitarian causes.
Markle and Prince Harry founded the Archewell Foundation in 2020, built around community and humanitarian projects that mostly happen away from cameras. That pairing of private motivation and public-facing advocacy work tracks closely with a Mars that fights for ideals quietly, from the 12th house, rather than loudly from the front.
Uranus in Scorpio and Neptune in Sagittarius, both in the 5th house
Uranus sits at 26ยฐ03' kScorpio and Neptune at 22ยฐ19' Sagittarius, both in the 5th house. Neptune is retrograde in this chart.
Both are generational placements, shared with everyone born across the same several years: Uranus in Scorpio marks a generation shaped by upheavals around money, sexuality and control, and Neptune in Sagittarius one shaped by searching for meaning across cultures and belief. The 5th house makes both personal. The library reads a 5th-house Uranus as drawn to unconventional creative outlets with occasional luck in investment, and a 5th-house Neptune as rich in imagination, with love colored by idealism and a talent for art or other creative work, alongside a caution against impulsive financial decisions driven by soaring emotion.
Markle has built several ventures outside acting, including an investment stake in the coffee company Clevr Blends and her own lifestyle brand, As Ever, work that mixes creative instinct with financial risk in a way this Uranus-Neptune pairing in the 5th house describes well.
Pluto in Libra, in the 4th house
Pluto sits at 21ยฐ51' Libra, in the 4th house, trailing behind the Moon-Jupiter-Saturn cluster in the same sign but a different house.
Pluto in Libra is generational too, tied to the years 1971 to 1984 and a period of major shifts in law and international relations. Personally, the library reads it as a drive toward cooperation and relationships built on genuine equality, with a risk of real strain if either side gets too rigid about fairness. In the 4th house, that same drive turns toward home: the library describes privacy as deeply important, family matters kept within the household, a tendency to treat the home as a project that's never quite finished, and discomfort with unannounced visitors who disrupt a carefully kept sense of order.
Markle and Harry are known for guarding their home life in Montecito, California, since relocating there in 2020, a pattern that lines up with a 4th-house Pluto's need for a controlled, private domestic space.
Cancer rising
The Ascendant sits at 24ยฐ17' Cancer. The Astrolas library doesn't have a standalone entry for a Cancer rising, so this article won't build a reading on the sign alone. Two aspects touch this angle without library text yet: Uranus trine the Ascendant (orb 1ยฐ46') and Pluto square it (orb 2ยฐ26'), both worth noting as structure in the chart even without an interpretation attached.
The contrast is worth noting: a Leo Sun and Mercury in the 1st house that want visibility, set against a water-sign Ascendant sitting at the chart's most personal, protective point.
What the chart adds up to
The clearest throughline is partnership and communication, concentrated almost entirely into one tight cluster: the Moon, Jupiter and Saturn locked together in Libra, in the 3rd house, describing fortune, discipline and connection all built through other people rather than alone. Around that core, a Leo Sun and Mercury want an audience, a 12th-house Mars fights quietly for causes rather than for itself, and a 4th-house Pluto guards the home the public rarely sees.
None of this explains any single choice Markle has made. It shows a chart where the most crowded, most aspected point of the entire wheel is the house of talking, learning and connecting with people close by.
Open Meghan Markle's chart on Astrolas, find the Libra cluster in the 3rd house on the wheel, then compare it with a chart you know.
Questions people ask
What is Meghan Markle's rising sign?
Cancer, at 24ยฐ17', based on her AA-rated birth time. The Astrolas library doesn't yet have a standalone entry for this rising sign.
What are Meghan Markle's Sun and Moon signs?
Her Sun is at 12ยฐ00' Leo, in the 1st house. Her Moon is at 4ยฐ54' Libra, in the 3rd house, tightly conjunct both Jupiter and Saturn.
What is the strongest feature of her chart?
The Moon, Jupiter and Saturn locked together in Libra, in the 3rd house, all within two degrees of each other. The Astrolas library ties that house to communication and connection, themes that run through her work on television, in advocacy and in media projects built on reaching an audience.