Born: April 21, 1926, 2:40 AM local time, Mayfair, London, England. Source: Astro-Databank, Rodden rating AA.
The AA rating means the birth time comes from a birth certificate or an official record, so the rising sign, the Midheaven and the houses below can be read with confidence. Open Queen Elizabeth II's chart on Astrolas to follow along.
One contact sits almost exactly on an angle and sets the tone for the whole chart. USaturn sits 1ยฐ07' from her Midheaven, the point tied to career and public standing. The Astrolas library reads that contact as one of the most ambitious configurations there is, built around status, recognition and a test of integrity that plays out in public rather than in private. She reigned for 70 years, from February 1952 until her death in September 2022, the longest reign of any British monarch.
Three more clusters back that reading up: Mars and Jupiter locked together in Aquarius in the first house, a Taurus Sun crowded by Mercury and Uranus in the second, and a Moon paired with Neptune in Leo in the seventh. Each one lines up with a piece of the public record, from decades of steady duty to the length of a marriage that outlasted most.
Saturn on the Midheaven, and a retrograde Saturn in Scorpio
Saturn conjunct the Midheaven, orb 1ยฐ07', is the tightest link between a planet and an angle anywhere in this chart. The Astrolas library describes it as one of the most ambitious configurations there is: a drive toward status, recognition and achievement in career, chased with persistence until it pays off. It also reads the aspect as a test of integrity, since anything done the wrong way backfires almost immediately, and it warns that family life can suffer when career takes up too much room.
Saturn itself sits at 24ยฐ27' Scorpio, retrograde, in the 9th house. The library's Saturn in Scorpio names a steady will, deep focus and a capacity to rebuild after crisis. Retrograde in the 9th house, it ties higher learning, belief and travel to responsibility rather than leisure, with trips that carry obligation more than pleasure. She was Head of the Commonwealth and Supreme Governor of the Church of England for the whole of her reign, and she carried out extensive tours across the Commonwealth throughout it, trips built around duty and representation rather than personal travel.
Mars conjunct Jupiter in Aquarius, with Venus alongside in the first house
Mars and Jupiter sit together at 20ยฐ52' and 22ยฐ31' xAquarius, a conjunction with an orb of 1ยฐ38', both in the first house. The Astrolas library reads this pairing as a blazing source of energy and a strong sense of timing, the kind that reaches goals boldly and can tip into carelessness without patience.
The library's Mars in Aquarius names an independent, reform-minded energy that moves fast once a decision is made, while its Jupiter in Aquarius brings social magnetism and luck that arrives through alliances and a pull toward fields tied to progress and the wider community. In the first house, the library's Mars favors a fast pace, strong drive and real competitiveness, tempered by a need to rein in temper and impulsiveness, and its Jupiter brings a lively, generous manner that wins trust and good fortune through social contact.
Venus sits nearby at 13ยฐ57' Pisces, also in the first house. The library reads this Venus as gentle, with a quiet magnetism and an innate gift for diplomacy, built around cooperation and shared joy rather than display. Together the three planets describe a public face formed slowly and held steady for decades, rather than one reinvented along the way.
A Taurus Sun, with Mercury and Uranus crowding the second house
The Sun sits at 0ยฐ12' sTaurus, in the 2nd house. The Astrolas library reads this Sun as steadiness and reliability built to last: ruled by Venus, slow to decide but nearly unshakable once committed, devoted to long-term bonds over anything fleeting. Unlike more impulsive signs, the library says, Taurus proceeds slowly but surely, and achieves enduring results over time.
Mercury at 4ยฐ40' Aries and Uranus at 27ยฐ21' Pisces share the Sun's house. The library's Mercury in Aries reads as quick, direct and competitive in speech, with a sharp wit that can cut both ways. Its Uranus in Pisces reads as intuitive and compassionate, with a pull toward spiritual and humanitarian concerns, a generational signature shared by her whole birth cohort rather than a personal one. The 2nd house itself, in the library's terms, covers income, assets and personal values, and three planets crowding it point to an institution built around the stewardship of wealth, land and tradition more than its display.
Moon and Neptune in Leo, both in the seventh house
The Moon sits at 12ยฐ07' gLeo and Neptune at 22ยฐ02' Leo, retrograde, both in the 7th house, the house of marriage and partnership. The two also form a wide conjunction, orb 9ยฐ55', loose enough that the library has no text for the pairing itself, though each placement carries its own reading.
The library's Leo Moon needs recognition and warmth, loves fully and expects as much in return, and ties emotional security to being proud of a partner. Its 7th-house reading adds that most people with this placement want a life partner and are highly attuned to the moods of whoever stands across from them. Neptune in Leo, retrograde in the 7th, brings an idealized, almost soul-deep view of love, open and forgiving, prone to disappointment only when reality falls short of the ideal held inside.
She married Prince Philip in 1947, and the marriage lasted until his death in 2021, 73 years, the longest of any British monarch.
Pluto in Cancer, sixth house: a generational mark on daily duty
Pluto sits at 12ยฐ42' fCancer, in the 6th house. The library calls Pluto in Cancer a generational signature, tied to the upheavals of 1912 to 1938: the First World War, the run-up to the Second, and the Great Depression, a period when the traditional security of home and homeland came under heavy strain. She was born into that cohort and came of age during the Second World War, serving in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in the war's final months.
The 6th house turns that generational placement into something personal. The library reads Pluto here as a passion for work and a gift for finding leaner, more efficient ways to do it, usually by handling things alone rather than delegating. Decades of daily audiences, state papers and official duties, carried out with little public complaint, fit that description closely.
Capricorn rising, and the angles the library hasn't mapped yet
The birth record puts the Ascendant at 21ยฐ24' vCapricorn, the Descendant at 21ยฐ24' Cancer, the Midheaven at 25ยฐ34' Scorpio and the IC at 25ยฐ34' Taurus. The Astrolas library doesn't yet have entries for this rising sign or this Midheaven sign. Several of the chart's tightest aspects are also still outside the library, among them the tightest contact in the whole chart, Jupiter opposite Neptune (orb 0ยฐ28'), plus Mars opposite Neptune (orb 1ยฐ10'), Venus trine Pluto (orb 1ยฐ15') and Uranus trine the Midheaven (orb 1ยฐ47'). Those contacts are real, by the chart's own numbers, but this piece won't build a reading on placements the library doesn't cover yet.
What the chart adds up to
The chart doesn't explain the weight of a 70-year reign, and it can't account for the particular discipline that job demanded. What it does show is a repeated pattern: Saturn locked onto the career point, a Taurus Sun built for endurance, and a public face in Aquarius formed slowly and held without much change.
Open Queen Elizabeth II's chart on Astrolas, look at Saturn sitting on the Midheaven, then compare it with a chart you know.
Questions people ask
What is Queen Elizabeth II's rising sign?
Capricorn, at 21ยฐ24', based on her AA-rated birth time of 2:40 AM. The Astrolas library doesn't yet have a specific entry for this Ascendant.
What are Queen Elizabeth II's Sun and Moon signs?
Her Sun is at 0ยฐ12' Taurus in the 2nd house. Her Moon is at 12ยฐ07' Leo in the 7th house, the same house as a retrograde Neptune.
What is the strongest feature of her chart?
Saturn conjunct the Midheaven, orb 1ยฐ07', the tightest link between any planet and an angle in the chart. The Astrolas library ties it to ambition, status and a career built on persistence, which matches a 70-year reign.