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Elton John

Elton John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; March 25, 1947, Pinner, United Kingdom), aged 79, is a British singer, songwriter and musician. John is best known for Tiny Dancer, Your Song and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. John's honours include Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Academy Award for Best Original Song and Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song.

Elton John’s zodiac sign is Aries, Chinese zodiac is Fire Pig, with Life Path 4 in numerology.

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Elton John’s AsterNym identity

The Tidal Pioneer

Water represents depth and adaptability. Water-led charts are associated with instinct, memory and the ability to find a path around obstacles. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.

Water Day Master (BaZi) × cardinal Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.

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

#2313

US rank in 2025

~21,553

Americans share it since 1880

1920

its peak year

Of the names registered in 1947, Elton came 439th, carried by 234 American boys.

US Social Security Administration public records

What Elton’s name adds up to

Worked from the birth name Reginald Kenneth Dwight, not the name they published under.

2

Expression · connecting people

7

Soul Urge · understanding

4

Personality · steady, dependable

The name opens on R (9) and closes on D (4). The value it repeats most is 5, which numerology reads as movement.

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

Elton’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

4 · 2 · 5 · 8

Lucky colours

Red & Orange

Lucky day

Tuesday

Direction

↓ South

Season

summer

Stones

Aquamarine, Red Coral, Carnelian

Flower constellation

🌼 Daffodil · 🌺 Red Dahlia · 🌸 Hibiscus

Sunlit yellow · Crimson · Scarlet

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 7, trigram Dui 兌, West group. Best direction Northwest, worst North.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 1947, which turns at Li Chun rather than at New Year, and from sex, which Wikidata records as male. Work out your own →

The record

What sets Elton apart

What keeps Elton John in print: Billy Elliot the Musical, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Your Song.

St. Thomas Aquinas High School and Royal Academy of Music shaped the training.

The working life starts in 1962, at 15.

The family line: born to Sheila Eileen Farebrother and Stanley Dwight, married Renate Blauel and David Furnish and raised one child.

The encyclopaedia's own shelving for Elton John: British baritones, Bluesology members and Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music.

Aretha Franklin (1942) and Sarah Jessica Parker (1965) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.

Known for
Billy Elliot the Musical, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road and Your Song
Educated at
St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Royal Academy of Music and University of London
Instruments
piano and voice
Awards
Academy Award for Best Original Song (2020), Grammy Awards (1987) and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (1994)
Nominated for
Tony Award for Best Original Score and Grammy Award for Best New Artist
Working from
1962
Citizenship
United Kingdom
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
117

What the chart says

Elton, according to the stars

Core essence

Elton leads with the body. First in, first to speak, first to say the thing everyone was thinking, and honestly a little surprised when the room needed a second to catch up. The core of Elton is courage that does not look like courage from the inside, it just looks like Tuesday. They would rather be wrong fast than right slowly, and it is why people follow them.

The vibe

Underneath, Elton is calm in a way that steadies other people. The Moon in Taurus wants comfort that can be touched: the same mug, the same song, the friend who does not need explaining to. What Elton needs to feel safe is consistency. Show up the same way twice and you are in.

How Elton wants to be loved

Elton 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 Elton be fully themselves and they will never want to be anywhere else.

How Elton creates

How Elton makes things happen: they seep in. A Yin Water day master is rain, mist, the still pool that reflects everything. Elton 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: Elton is warm and generous, a Pig year, and their gut reaction is to trust. Big-hearted, fun, sincere, a lover of good things, and deserving of people who are as honest as they are. The Fire year turns the volume up: warmer, bolder, more expressive, harder to overlook.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Elton is here to make things that last, to put structure under other people's dreams, to be trusted with the real work. Loyal, practical, honest, and learning that the plan can bend without breaking.

Triggers

Triggers: cruelty, and being cornered. Mars in Pisces does not fight straight; Elton slips away, absorbs it, or turns it into something creative instead. Anger becomes art or empathy. The lesson is learning that they are allowed to take up space and say the hard thing.

Computed from Elton's birth date. Working below.

Where Elton sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Elton

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Elton

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

PrivateExpressive
Elton

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

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Elton

You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.

PracticalVisionary
Elton

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Elton

You may feel connection fast. Chemistry can arrive before the details do.

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Elton John

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

Elton’s birth-night reference starTalithawhite · Ursa MajorTalitha, in Ursa Major. A white star, 81.7° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Talitha →The warmest lightArcturuswarm orange · BoötesArcturus, in Boötes. A warm orange star, 14.4° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Arcturus →

A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.

The sky over Pinner that night

Computed for 51.59°N, 9 p.m. local sky.

Talitha stood nearest the zenith over Pinner at 9 p.m. that evening, 81.7° above the horizon in Ursa Major.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 106 catalog stars were up in all.

From 51.6°N, Vega, Capella and Deneb never go below the horizon: they are circumpolar at this latitude.

The trade is at the other end of the sky: nothing south of −38.4° declination ever rises from here, which puts Canopus, Rigil Kentaurus, Achernar, Hadar, Acrux, Mimosa and Toliman permanently out of view.

The Moon was at waxing crescent, 12% lit, and above the horizon, with the Sun 15° down.

The name and the places

Born as
Reginald Kenneth Dwight
Known as
Elton John
Born in
Pinner, United Kingdom

No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Elton John: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.

How unusual Elton's chart is

Chart pattern score

60 / 100 · Unusual

Yod onto Mercury · Grand trine · No Earth planets

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. Without a birth time the houses are left out of it.

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Elton John at a glance

Aries Sun

Runs at it head first.

Elton John's Sun was in Aries for the whole of March 25, 1947, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aries means →

Fire Pig

Gives more than it gets.

Elton John was born on March 25, 1947, which falls in a Fire Pig year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Pig means →

Life Path 4

The one who reads the manual.

Elton John's birth date, March 25, 1947, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 4 means →

What stands out in Elton’s chart

Elton’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 2° to 15° Taurus depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Moon opens doors for Mercury · Sextile, 0.7° orbNeptune opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 1.6° orbMars grinds against Uranus · Square, 1.8° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 1.9° orbMoon grinds against Pluto · Square, 2.2° orbVenus grinds against Jupiter · Square, 3.8° orbJupiter flows with Saturn · Trine, 4.7° orbVenus flows with Uranus · Trine, 5.5° orbSun in Aries · 3°58′☉3°Moon in Taurus · 8°56′☽8°Mercury in Pisces · 9°40′☿9°Venus in Aquarius · 23°33′♀23°Mars in Pisces · 16°20′♂16°Jupiter in Scorpio · 27°22′ · retrograde♃℞27°Saturn in Leo · 2°02′ · retrograde♄℞2°Uranus in Gemini · 18°06′♅18°Neptune in Libra · 9°36′ · retrograde♆℞9°Pluto in Leo · 11°10′ · retrograde♇℞11°

No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.

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

Placements

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

Aspects across every possible birth time

  • stableSuntrineSaturn1.4° to 2.4° orb

    Elton’s core identity flows straight into their discipline. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarssquareUranus1.4° to 2.2° orb

    Elton’s drive grinds against their need for freedom. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.

  • stableNeptunesextilePluto1.6° orb

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

  • stableVenussquareJupiter3.2° to 4.4° orb

  • stableJupitertrineSaturn4.6° to 4.7° orb

  • stableVenustrineUranus4.9° to 6.0° orb

  • stableSunoppositionNeptune5.1° to 6.1° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionMars6.4° to 6.9° orb

  • possibleMoonsquareSaturnorb from 0.0° to 13.8° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMercuryorb from 0.1° to 7.5° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsquarePlutoorb from 0.1° to 9.2° depending on birth time

  • possibleMoonsextileMarsorb from 0.8° to 13.9° depending on birth time

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire3 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air3 of 10
  • Water3 of 10

Modalities

  • Cardinal2 of 10
  • Fixed5 of 10
  • Mutable3 of 10

Counted across the ten planets by sign.

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ Chiron ℞Scorpio 7°45′ (moves 0.05° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresPisces 23°53′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosSagittarius 21°29′ (moves 0.33° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaTaurus 8°42′ (moves 0.31° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 6°03′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Hygiea sextile Mercury 1.0°
  • Chiron trine Mercury 1.9°
  • Eros sextile Venus 2.1°
  • Black Moon Lilith square Sun 2.1°
  • Hygiea square Pluto 2.5°

Elton’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♂ Mars6 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects

  2. 2. ☉ Sun4 pts

    disposes Saturn, Pluto; 2 major aspects

  3. 3. ♆ Neptune4 pts

    disposes Mercury, Mars; 2 major aspects

Configurations in Elton’s chart

  • yod, the shape it makesYod onto Mercury · Neptune, Pluto, MercuryTwo planets in sextile, both quincunx a third. Astrologers call it the finger of fate and read the apex as an adjustment the chart keeps returning to.

Minor aspects

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

  • Mercury quincunx Neptune 0.1°
  • Mars sesquiquadrate Saturn 0.7°
  • Mars biquintile Pluto 0.8°
  • Venus sesquiquadrate Neptune 1.0°
  • Saturn semi-square Uranus 1.1°
  • Mercury quincunx Pluto 1.5°

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Elton’s cards

Computed from March 25, 1947. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

The Fool

AsterNym identity card

The Tidal Pioneer

Western zodiac

Aries

Chinese zodiac

Pig 亥

Life Path

4 · Architect

♂ Ruled by Mars

Iron Fe

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yin Water.

Year

丁

yin Fire

亥

Pig

Water

roots & early life

Month

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

work & drive

Day

day master

癸

yin Water

卯

Rabbit

Wood

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Elton’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q2808 (CC0), as do the occupations, works and awards above. With no documented birth time this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. The banner above lists what that leaves out. 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, aspect count — so other methods can name a different leader.

Portrait by Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Elton John at Wikipedia, eltonjohn.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok, 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 Elton John.

Quick answers about Elton John’s chart

How old is Elton John?
Elton John is 79 years old, born March 25, 1947 in Pinner, United Kingdom.
What zodiac sign is Elton John?
Elton John is an Aries: born March 25, 1947, which puts the Sun in Aries for the whole of that day.
What is Elton John's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Pig, with the Fire element, from the Chinese lunar year of the March 25, 1947 birth.
What is Elton John's Life Path number?
Life Path 4, calculated in numerology.
What is Elton John's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Scorpio at 7°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Elton John's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 6°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Elton John's dominant planet?
Mars, on AsterNym's dominance score (6 points: rules the Sun sign, Aries; disposes Sun; 2 major aspects). Sun is second and Neptune third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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