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Dr. Dre

Dr. Dre (born Andre Romell Young; February 18, 1965, Compton, United States, 10:56), aged 61, is an American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor. Best-known releases include The Chronic, 2001 and Compton. Dre's honours include California Hall of Fame and American Music Award for Favorite Rap/Hip-Hop Artist.

Dr. Dre’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Snake, with Life Path 5 in numerology.

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Dr. Dre’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Architect

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 5 represents freedom: change, movement, variety and resistance to restrictive routines.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 5, on the physical plane.

Dr. Dre’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.

Lucky numbers

5 · 2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Green & Teal

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

→ East

Season

spring

Stones

Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, Green Aventurine

Flower constellation

💜 Violet · 🤍 Camellia · 🌿 Fern

Violet · Ivory · Forest

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What the chart says

Dr. Dre, according to the stars

Core essence

Dr. Dre is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Dr. Dre is a mind that runs on its own current, cares about the whole picture, and cannot pretend to care about the rules for their own sake. They are friend to everyone and fully known by few, and they make the people around them braver about being odd.

The vibe

Underneath, Dr. Dre cannot fully relax while anyone in the room is unhappy. The Moon in Libra feels through harmony and hates conflict in their own house. What Dr. Dre needs to feel safe is fairness, softness and a partner in the small decisions. They are at their best when someone else picks the restaurant and they get to enjoy it.

How Dr. Dre wants to be loved

Dr. Dre wants to be loved as a friend first, and then as everything. Venus in Aquarius needs freedom, conversation and a partner who finds their strangeness delightful. Rules and jealousy make them cold; acceptance makes them devoted. Let Dr. Dre be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Dr. Dre creates

How Dr. Dre makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Dr. Dre creates by sensing, by imagination, by noticing what nobody else said. Their influence is quiet and total. The work is not dissolving into everyone else's weather.

Instinct

Instinct: Dr. Dre is wise and watchful, a Snake year, and their gut reaction is to observe before moving. Elegant, intuitive, private, and usually right about people long before saying so. The Wood year adds growth: ideals, ambition, a need to be getting somewhere.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 5 is the free spirit. Dr. Dre is here to explore, to change, to taste everything and report back. Adventure, variety and freedom are not distractions from their purpose, they are it. The lesson is choosing, sometimes, and staying.

Triggers

Triggers: sloppiness, and being told they are overthinking it. Mars in Virgo means Dr. Dre channels energy into fixing, sorting, getting it right, and gets sharp when others do not care. The critic turns inward first. Give them a problem worth solving and watch them come alive.

Computed from Dr. Dre's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.

Where Dr. Dre sits

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Intimate circleWide network
Dr. Dre

You may draw energy from a wide network, many doors, lightly held.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Dr. Dre

You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.

PrivateExpressive
Dr. Dre

You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Dr. Dre

You likely handle some friction right away and let smaller things settle.

PracticalVisionary
Dr. Dre

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Dr. Dre

You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.

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Dr. Dre at a glance

Aquarius Sun

Cares about everyone, needs space.

Dr. Dre's Sun was in Aquarius at the documented birth time. Traditional Aquarius readings associate the sign with independence, ideas and a stance slightly apart from the group it belongs to. Astrologers describe it as the fixed air sign, traditionally ruled by Saturn and in modern practice by Uranus, and read it for principle and originality. The corresponding tension is detachment, with the classical caution that caring about everyone can be easier than being close to anyone.

Wood Snake

Says less than it knows.

Dr. Dre was born on February 18, 1965, which falls in a Wood Snake year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Snake readings emphasise intelligence, composure and depth: thinking before speaking, and speaking less than it knows. The Chinese almanacs describe the Snake as the sage of the cycle, private and deliberate. The corresponding caution in the tradition is suspicion, with a tendency to hold a grudge as carefully as it holds a secret.

Life Path 5

Change finds them anyway.

Dr. Dre's birth date, February 18, 1965, reduces to Life Path 5 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 5 readings associate the number with freedom, change and variety: movement, new experience and resistance to restrictive routine. Numerologists describe it as the path of the traveller, adaptable and restless. The corresponding tension is instability, with the caution that constant motion can become a way of avoiding commitment to any one direction.

What stands out in Dr. Dre’s chart

Dr. Dre’s birth chart

Computed from the documented birth time (From a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.), with whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Jupiter faces off with Neptune · Opposition, 1.4° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.8° orbUranus fuses with Pluto · Conjunction, 2.1° orbVenus grinds against Neptune · Square, 3.2° orbJupiter flows with Pluto · Trine, 3.2° orbSun fuses with Mercury · Conjunction, 4.3° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 4.6° orbJupiter flows with Uranus · Trine, 5.3° orbSun in Aquarius · 29°55′ · house 9☉29°Moon in Libra · 7°06′ · house 5☽7°Mercury in Aquarius · 25°37′ · house 9☿25°Venus in Aquarius · 16°50′ · house 9♀16°Mars in Virgo · 25°15′ · house 4 · retrograde♂℞25°Jupiter in Taurus · 18°38′ · house 12♃18°Saturn in Pisces · 6°40′ · house 10♄6°Uranus in Virgo · 13°21′ · house 4 · retrograde♅℞13°Neptune in Scorpio · 20°00′ · house 6♆20°Pluto in Virgo · 15°25′ · house 4 · retrograde♇℞15°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCGem 0°52′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCSgr 0°52′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCAqr 11°50′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICLeo 11°50′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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AscendantGemini
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow

Aspects, tightest first

  • JupiteroppositionNeptuneapplying · 1.4° orb

    Dr. Dre’s growth pulls against their imagination from across the wheel. Two ends of one rope.

  • VenussquareJupiterapplying · 1.8° orb

    Dr. Dre’s affections grind against their growth.

  • UranusconjunctionPlutoseparating · 2.1° orb

    Dr. Dre’s need for freedom and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • VenussquareNeptuneapplying · 3.2° orb

    Dr. Dre’s affections grind against their imagination. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • JupitertrinePlutoseparating · 3.2° orb

    Dr. Dre’s growth flows straight into their depths.

  • SunconjunctionMercuryapplying · 4.3° orb

    Dr. Dre’s core identity and mind act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.

  • NeptunesextilePlutoseparating · 4.6° orb

    Dr. Dre’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • JupitertrineUranusseparating · 5.3° orb

    Dr. Dre’s growth flows straight into their need for freedom. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • MercurysquareNeptuneseparating · 5.6° orb

    Dr. Dre’s mind grinds against their imagination.

  • MarstrineJupiterapplying · 6.6° orb

    Dr. Dre’s drive flows straight into their growth. A talent so smooth it can go unnoticed.

  • SunconjunctionSaturnapplying · 6.7° orb

    Dr. Dre’s core identity and discipline act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • SaturnoppositionUranusapplying · 6.7° orb

    Dr. Dre’s discipline pulls against their need for freedom from across the wheel.

  • MercurysquareJupiterseparating · 7.0° orb

    Dr. Dre’s mind grinds against their growth. The angle that irritates, and the one that teaches.

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire0 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air4 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal1 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable4 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign, with no planets in Fire signs.

Dr. Dre’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

Four minor bodies and the mean lunar apogee, placed in the same tropical zodiac as the planets above. None of these feed the chart signature, the rarity score or any ranking on this site: they are listed for readers who use them. Chiron, Ceres, Eros and Hygiea positions come from JPL Horizons; Black Moon Lilith is the mean apogee, the point most published Lilith tables use. The readings are the modern tradition’s, not AsterNym’s.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 17°12′ · House 10

    centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it

    Chiron in Pisces is read as a wound around boundaries and faith. The reading has Dr. Dre absorbing more of a room than most, and needing somewhere to put it down.

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 19°30′ · House 9

    dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured

    Ceres in Aquarius is read as nurture at the scale of the group. Dr. Dre is read as someone whose care shows up as fairness to many rather than fuss over one.

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 20°43′ · House 8

    near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire

    Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Dr. Dre is read as drawn to people who have built something.

  • ⚕ Hygiea ℞Cancer 4°59′ · House 2

    main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well

    Hygiea in Cancer is read as health tied to home, mood and belonging. Dr. Dre is read as someone who does not thrive far from a base.

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 14°40′ · House 8

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

    Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn is read as ambition that does not ask to be liked. Dr. Dre is read as someone who takes the authority rather than waiting for it.

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

Major aspects only, at a tight 3° orb.

  • Ceres square Neptune 0.5°
  • Eros sextile Neptune 0.7°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Pluto 0.8°
  • Ceres square Jupiter 0.9°
  • Black Moon Lilith trine Uranus 1.3°
  • Chiron sextile Jupiter 1.4°
  • Hygiea trine Saturn 1.7°
  • Chiron opposition Pluto 1.8°
  • Eros trine Jupiter 2.1°
  • Hygiea square Moon 2.1°
  • Ceres conjunction Venus 2.7°
  • Chiron trine Neptune 2.8°

Method: JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, 1700–2100, cubic Hermite interpolation; geocentric, true ecliptic of date, tropical; geometric (no light-time or aberration); Lilith = mean lunar apogee (Chapront/Meeus mean perigee + 180°).

Dr. Dre’s dominant planets

Scored from rulerships, dispositors, angularity and aspect count under the method below.

  1. 1. ♅ Uranus10 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☿ Mercury9 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Gemini; disposes Mars, Uranus, Pluto; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ♀ Venus7 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Libra; disposes Moon, Jupiter; 2 major aspects

A Uranus-led chart is read as the break from pattern leading: Dr. Dre is read as someone who changes course before others see the need.

How the score is built
  • Rules the Sun sign, Moon sign or Ascendant sign: 3 points each (traditional co-rulers of Scorpio, Aquarius and Pisces score half).
  • Sits in a sign it rules: 2 points.
  • Disposes another planet (that planet sits in a sign it rules): 1 point each.
  • Angular: 2 points in the first or tenth house, 1 point in the fourth or seventh (timed births only).
  • Every major aspect it makes: 1 point.

Dominance scoring is an AsterNym method. Other sites weight differently and can name a different leader for the same chart.

Configurations in Dr. Dre’s chart

Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy.

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aquarius · Sun, Mercury, VenusThree or more planets in one sign (four, or three with a luminary, by AsterNym's count): a concentration astrologers read as that sign's themes dominating the chart.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Mercury · Jupiter, Neptune, MercuryAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.
  • t square, the shape it makesT-square onto Venus · Jupiter, Neptune, VenusAn opposition with a third planet squaring both ends. Read as a driving tension that resolves through the apex planet.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile 30° (orb 2°), semi-square 45° (orb 2°), quintile 72° (orb 1.5°), sesquiquadrate 135° (orb 2°), biquintile 144° (orb 1.5°), quincunx 150° (orb 2.5°). Pairs already in a major aspect are not repeated.

  • Jupiter quintile Saturn 0.0°
  • Moon quincunx Saturn 0.4°
  • Mercury quincunx Mars 0.4°
  • Sun biquintile Moon 1.2°
  • Venus quincunx Pluto 1.4°

Dr. Dre’s houses

Whole-sign houses from the documented birth time: each house is one sign, its ruler is the modern ruler of that sign, and an empty house is read through where its ruler sits.

HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1GeminiMercury in Aquarius, house 9emptyself, body, how you arrive
2CancerMoon in Libra, house 5emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3LeoSun in Aquarius, house 9emptymind, siblings, the local world
4VirgoMercury in Aquarius, house 9Mars, Uranus, Plutohome, family, roots
5LibraVenus in Aquarius, house 9Mooncreativity, romance, play
6ScorpioPluto in Virgo, house 4Neptunework, habits, health
7SagittariusJupiter in Taurus, house 12emptypartnership, marriage, open rivals
8CapricornSaturn in Pisces, house 10emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9AquariusUranus in Virgo, house 4Sun, Mercury, Venusbelief, travel, higher learning
10PiscesNeptune in Scorpio, house 6Saturncareer, reputation, public life
11AriesMars in Virgo, house 4emptyfriends, community, the future
12TaurusVenus in Aquarius, house 9Jupiterthe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Dr. Dre’s cards

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Birth tarot card

The Hierophant

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AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Architect

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Western zodiac

Aquarius

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Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

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The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

乙

yin Wood

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

戊

yang Earth

寅

Tiger

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Hour

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this data comes from

Dr. Dre’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q6078, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. Birth time rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. That means: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. Source: Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept only at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

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Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. Every entry is checked against its Wikidata record; where a person shares a name with someone else, the entity id is what settles which of them this is. What we will not tell you sets out the claims this site refuses to make.

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Quick answers about Dr. Dre’s chart

How old is Dr. Dre?
Dr. Dre is 61 years old, born February 18, 1965 in Compton, United States.
What zodiac sign is Dr. Dre?
Dr. Dre is an Aquarius: born February 18, 1965, which puts the Sun in Aquarius at the documented birth time. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Wood Snake.
What is Dr. Dre's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Wood element, from the Chinese lunar year of the February 18, 1965 birth.
What time was Dr. Dre born?
10:56 local time in Compton, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What is Dr. Dre's rising sign?
Gemini rising, calculated from the documented 10:56 birth time in Compton, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What is Dr. Dre's Life Path number?
Life Path 5, calculated in numerology from the February 18, 1965 birth date.
What is Dr. Dre's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 17°, in the tenth house. Position from JPL Horizons for the February 18, 1965 birth time.
Where is Dr. Dre's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 14°, in the eighth house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Dr. Dre's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (10 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus; angular in the fourth house; 3 major aspects). Mercury is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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