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Ella Fitzgerald

Ella Fitzgerald (born April 25, 1917, Newport News, United States, 12:30; died 1996), was an American jazz singer. Best-known releases include Ella and Louis. Fitzgerald's honours include National Women's Hall of Fame, Kennedy Center Honors and Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ella Fitzgerald’s zodiac sign was Taurus, Chinese zodiac was Fire Snake, with Life Path 2 in numerology.

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Ella Fitzgerald’s AsterNym identity

The Radiant Guardian

Fire represents warmth, visibility and momentum. Fire-led charts are associated with enthusiasm, expression and the ability to encourage other people. Life Path 2 represents partnership: cooperation, diplomacy and the ability to work with different kinds of people.

Fire Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 2, on the emotional plane.

How common is the name Ella in the U.S.?

#29

US rank in 2025

~352,214

Americans share it since 1880

2010

its peak year

In 1917, 3,054 American girls and 15 boys were registered Ella — 83rd among girls and 2,014th among boys on the SSA's list that year.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Ella’s name adds up to

Worked from the name as published, letter by letter.

3

Expression · expression and voice

3

Soul Urge · being heard

9

Personality · generous, worldly

The name opens on E (5) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 3, which numerology reads as voice.

Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again

Ella’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

2 · 8 · 9

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Friday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Diamond, Diamond, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daisy · 🌹 Blush Rose · 🌺 Poppy

White · Blush · Flame orange

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 8, trigram Gen 艮, West group. Best direction Southwest, worst South.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1917, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as female. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Ella apart

Al Pacino (1940) and Guglielmo Marconi (1874) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Citizenship
United States
Languages
English and American English

What the chart says

Ella, according to the stars

Core essence

Ella is the steady one, the person whose yes means yes and whose Sunday looks the same as it did last year because it was a good Sunday. The core of Ella is a deep loyalty to what is real: good food, a good bed, people who show up. They move slowly on purpose. Once they have decided something, it is decided, and that is a comfort to everyone around them.

The vibe

Underneath, Ella processes by talking. The Moon in Gemini means a feeling is not real until it has been said out loud, ideally to two people, ideally with a joke attached. What Ella needs to feel safe is someone who will listen to the whole thought, including the three tangents, without rushing them to a point.

How Ella wants to be loved

Ella wants to be loved slowly and for real. Venus in Taurus is touch, food, the good blanket, the plan that does not change. They are sensual and steady and they want to be shown, not told: the small physical kindnesses count double. Once Ella is yours, they stay, and they expect the same.

How Ella creates

How Ella makes things happen: they hold the flame steady. A Yin Fire day master is the candle, the lamp, the light that is close and personal rather than blazing. Ella creates intimacy, one room, one conversation, one person made to feel seen. Moody when the fuel runs low, magnetic when it does not.

Instinct

Instinct: Ella 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 Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 2 is the peacemaker. Ella is here to bring people together, to feel the undercurrents and smooth them, to be the reason a room works. Sensitive, diplomatic, quietly essential, and learning that their own needs count too.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Ella gets angry fast, says it, and is over it before you have finished being hurt. The temper is honest and short. Give them a clear path and something to fight for, and all that heat turns into drive.

Computed from Ella's birth date. Working below.

Where Ella sits

Six lines

Ella’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.

Intimate circleWide network
Ella

You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.

DeliberateSpontaneous
Ella

You likely think things through before you act. Haste rarely feels safe.

PrivateExpressive
Ella

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Ella

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

PracticalVisionary
Ella

You may favor what's proven and workable over the untested idea.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Ella

You may build trust slowly, letting closeness earn its way in.

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✦ A real star from their birth sky

Dedicate a star to Ella Fitzgerald

Three stars chosen from the real sky above Newport News on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.

Ella’s birth-sky starAlgolblue-white · PerseusAlgol, in Perseus. A blue-white star, 83.8° above the horizon at the birth hour, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Algol →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 60.2° above the horizon at the birth hour, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

Read from the sky above Newport News at 12:30, Ella Fitzgerald’s documented birth time. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Newport News that night

Computed for 37.07°N, at the documented birth time.

Overhead at Newport News at the birth hour: Algol of Perseus, within 6.2° of the exact zenith.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 108 catalog stars were up in all.

Newport News sits at 37.1°N, low enough that no headline star is circumpolar: everything bright rises and sets there.

Nothing below −52.9° declination clears the horizon at this latitude, so Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman were never visible from Newport News on any night.

The Moon, 19% lit at waxing crescent, was still up; the Sun sat -65° below the horizon.

The name and the places

Born in
Newport News, United States
Lived in
St. Albans

Wikidata records St. Albans as Ella Fitzgerald's home, against Newport News as the birthplace.

The death is recorded at Beverly Hills, Los Angeles County in 1996.

A documented birth time makes an astrocartography map possible. Shared Places will draw one for your own chart.

What Ella's birth time unlocks

Two systems need the hour and cannot be computed without it.

Zi Wei Dou Shu · Life Palace

The Commander 七殺 in 戌

Bureau 金四局 · Body Palace in Self

Zi Wei Dou Shu explained →

Human Design

Generator, profile 4/6

Sacral authority · Single definition

Human Design explained →

Chart pattern score

63 / 100 · Unusual

4-planet stellium in Taurus · A bowl chart · 1 unaspected planet

An AsterNym index built from stelliums, yods, grand crosses and chart shape. It is not a population percentile, and a high score is not a better chart.

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Ella Fitzgerald at a glance

Taurus Sun

Slow to move, slower to leave.

Ella Fitzgerald's Sun was in Taurus at the documented birth time.

What Taurus means →

Fire Snake

Says less than it knows.

Ella Fitzgerald was born on April 25, 1917, which falls in a Fire Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 2

Holds the room together.

Ella Fitzgerald's birth date, April 25, 1917, reduces to Life Path 2 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 2 means →

What stands out in Ella’s chart

Ella’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.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Sun fuses with Venus · Conjunction, 0.2° orbMars opens doors for Uranus · Sextile, 0.2° orbMercury opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.6° orbMars grinds against Saturn · Square, 1.4° orbMercury grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.8° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.1° orbSun opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.3° orbVenus grinds against Neptune · Square, 2.6° orbSun in Taurus · 4°55′ · house 10☉4°Moon in Gemini · 26°02′ · house 11☽26°Mercury in Taurus · 25°05′ · house 10☿25°Venus in Taurus · 4°45′ · house 10♀4°Mars in Aries · 23°04′ · house 9♂23°Jupiter in Taurus · 14°59′ · house 10♃14°Saturn in Cancer · 24°30′ · house 12♄24°Uranus in Aquarius · 23°16′ · house 7♅23°Neptune in Leo · 2°08′ · house 1♆2°Pluto in Cancer · 2°38′ · house 12♇2°Ascendant, the sign rising in the east at your birth: how you meet the worldASCLeo 18°37′Descendant · opposite the Ascendant: what you meet in othersDSCAqr 18°37′Midheaven (Medium Coeli), the top of your sky: public direction, career, reputationMCTau 11°36′Imum Coeli, the bottom of your sky: home, roots, private foundationsICSco 11°36′

Whole-sign houses from the Ascendant.

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Conjunction 0°
Sextile 60°
Square 90°
Trine 120°
Opposition 180°

Placements

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

Aspects, tightest first

  • SunconjunctionVenusapplying · 0.2° orb

    Ella’s core identity and affections act as one. Each makes the other louder.

  • MarssextileUranusapplying · 0.2° orb

    Ella’s drive opens doors for their need for freedom. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.

  • MercurysextileSaturnseparating · 0.6° orb

    Ella’s mind opens doors for their discipline.

  • MarssquareSaturnapplying · 1.4° orb

  • MercurysquareUranusseparating · 1.8° orb

  • VenussextilePlutoseparating · 2.1° orb

  • SunsextilePlutoseparating · 2.3° orb

  • VenussquareNeptuneseparating · 2.6° orb

  • SunsquareNeptuneseparating · 2.8° orb

  • MoontrineUranusseparating · 2.8° orb

  • MoonsextileMarsseparating · 3.0° orb

  • MoonconjunctionPlutoapplying · 6.6° orb

  • SaturnconjunctionNeptuneapplying · 7.6° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth4 of 10
  • Air2 of 10
  • Water2 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal3 of 10
  • Fixed6 of 10
  • Mutable1 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign: Earth leads this chart.

Ella’s Chiron, Ceres, Eros, Hygiea and Lilith

What astrologers make of these five.

  • ⚷ ChironPisces 28°03′ · House 8

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

  • ⚳ CeresVirgo 8°11′ · House 2

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

  • ♡ Eros ℞Scorpio 24°46′ · House 4

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

  • ⚕ HygieaAquarius 5°26′ · House 7

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithLeo 18°52′ · House 1

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Eros opposition Mercury 0.3°
  • Eros trine Saturn 0.3°
  • Black Moon Lilith conjunction Ascendant 0.3°
  • Hygiea square Sun 0.5°
  • Hygiea square Venus 0.7°
  • Eros square Uranus 1.5°
  • Chiron square Moon 2.0°
  • Chiron sextile Mercury 3.0°

Ella’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♀ Venus13 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun9 pts

    rules the Ascendant, Leo; disposes Neptune; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects

  3. 3. ☿ Mercury8 pts

    rules the Moon sign, Gemini; disposes Moon; angular in the tenth house; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Ella’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Taurus · Sun, Mercury, Venus, JupiterThree 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.

Minor aspects

semi-sextile, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.

  • Sun quintile Uranus 0.3°
  • Venus quintile Uranus 0.5°
  • Neptune semi-sextile Pluto 0.5°
  • Moon semi-sextile Mercury 1.0°
  • Saturn quincunx Uranus 1.2°
  • Moon semi-sextile Saturn 1.5°

Ella’s houses

Ella’s houses
HouseSignRulerPlanetsThemes
1LeoSun in Taurus, house 10Neptuneself, body, how you arrive
2VirgoMercury in Taurus, house 10emptymoney, possessions, self-worth
3LibraVenus in Taurus, house 10emptymind, siblings, the local world
4ScorpioPluto in Cancer, house 12emptyhome, family, roots
5SagittariusJupiter in Taurus, house 10emptycreativity, romance, play
6CapricornSaturn in Cancer, house 12emptywork, habits, health
7AquariusUranus in Aquarius, house 7Uranuspartnership, marriage, open rivals
8PiscesNeptune in Leo, house 1emptyshared resources, intimacy, transformation
9AriesMars in Aries, house 9Marsbelief, travel, higher learning
10TaurusVenus in Taurus, house 10Sun, Mercury, Venus, Jupitercareer, reputation, public life
11GeminiMercury in Taurus, house 10Moonfriends, community, the future
12CancerMoon in Gemini, house 11Saturn, Plutothe inner world, rest, what is hidden

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Ella’s cards

Computed from April 25, 1917. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Judgement

AsterNym identity card

The Radiant Guardian

Western zodiac

Taurus

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

2 · Diplomat

♀ Ruled by Venus

Copper Cu

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Fire.

Year

丁

yin Fire

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

甲

yang Wood

辰

Dragon

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

丁

yin Fire

酉

Rooster

Metal

you & partnership

Hour

丙

yang Fire

午

Horse

Fire

later life & legacy

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Ella’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q1768 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. The birth time is rated AA on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class. From Astro-Databank (Rodden AA). Entries are matched to Wikidata by entity id rather than by name, kept at day precision, and dropped where sources disagree on the date.

Tropical zodiac, whole-sign houses, modern rulers. Aspects on the western_v1 orb policy; minor ones at 1.5° to 2.5°, skipped where a major already holds. Minor bodies from JPL Horizons heliocentric vectors, Lilith as mean apogee. Dominance is an AsterNym score — rulerships, dispositors, angularity, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Lewin/Kaufman/Schwartz, Public Relations, Beverly Hills, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Ella Fitzgerald at Wikipedia, IMDb, YouTube and MusicBrainz.

Roster last reviewed September 10, 2026. The full method: how it works.

Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not endorsed by Ella Fitzgerald.

Quick answers about Ella Fitzgerald’s chart

What zodiac sign was Ella Fitzgerald?
Ella Fitzgerald was a Taurus: born April 25, 1917, which puts the Sun in Taurus at the documented birth time.
What was Ella Fitzgerald's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the April 25, 1917 birth.
What time was Ella Fitzgerald born?
12:30 local time in Newport News, United States, per Astro-Databank (Rodden AA) (Rodden rating AA).
What was Ella Fitzgerald's rising sign?
Leo rising, calculated from the documented 12:30 birth time in Newport News, United States (Rodden rating AA: from a birth certificate, birth record or family bible, the most reliable class.).
What was Ella Fitzgerald's Life Path number?
Life Path 2, calculated in numerology.
What was Ella Fitzgerald's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Pisces at 28°, in the eighth house. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where was Ella Fitzgerald's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Leo at 18°, in the first house. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What was Ella Fitzgerald's dominant planet?
Venus, on AsterNym's dominance score (13 points: rules the Sun sign, Taurus; in its own sign, Taurus; disposes Sun, Mercury, Jupiter; angular in the tenth house; 3 major aspects). Sun is second and Mercury third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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