Nicki Minaj
Nicki Minaj (born Onika Tanya Maraj; December 8, 1982, Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago), aged 43, is a Trinidadian rapper. Best-known releases include Pink Friday, Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded and The Pinkprint. Minaj's honours include MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop, MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video and Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award.
Nicki Minaj’s zodiac sign is Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Dog, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Sagittarius, and in the Chinese zodiac they are a 
Water Dog, with 
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Nicki Minaj’s AsterNym identity
The Evergreen Explorer
Wood represents growth. Wood-led charts are associated with patience, adaptability and the drive to keep developing. Life Path 4 represents structure: foundations, systems and the patience to continue after the first enthusiasm fades.
Wood Day Master (BaZi) × mutable Sun × Life Path 4, on the physical plane.
How common is the name Nicki in the U.S.?
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outside the current top list
~6,380
Americans share it since 1880
1972
its peak year
US Social Security Administration public records
Nicki’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences calculated from AsterNym’s astrology, wuxing and numerology system.
Lucky numbers
4 · 3 · 9
Lucky colours
Blue & Black
Lucky day
Thursday
Direction
↑ North
Season
winter
Stones
Turquoise, Yellow Sapphire, Aquamarine
Flower constellation
🤍 Narcissus · 🌸 Peony · 💠 Water Lily
Frost white · Rose-gold · Moonlight white
The same wuxing & numerology correspondences as your own print. One tradition, read for everyone
What the chart says
Nicki, according to the stars
Core essence
Nicki is the friend who says "let's just go" and means today. The core of Nicki is faith that the world is bigger and better than the room they are in, and a restlessness to go and check. They are honest to the point of it being a sport, funny by accident, and impossible to keep small. Freedom is not a preference, it is oxygen.
How Nicki wants to be loved
Nicki wants to be loved by someone who is also their favourite travel companion. Venus in Sagittarius needs laughter, honesty and a long leash, and gives the same. Possessiveness kills it; adventure feeds it. Go somewhere new with Nicki and watch them fall for you again.
How Nicki creates
How Nicki makes things happen: they find the gap and grow through it. A Yin Wood day master is the vine, flexible, quietly relentless, better at working around a wall than at knocking it down. Nicki creates by adapting, by connecting people, by making the awkward thing fit. Underestimate them and you will look up one day to find them everywhere.
Instinct
Instinct: Nicki is loyal to the bone, a Dog year, and their gut reaction is to protect their people. Honest, fair, a little anxious about the world, and the most dependable friend in the room. The Water year softens it: intuitive, adaptable, feeling their way through people.
Purpose
Purpose: Life Path 4 is the builder. Nicki 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: incompetence, and disrespect. Mars in Capricorn means Nicki does not waste energy on anger; they use it. Controlled, strategic, relentless, the person who will outlast the problem. Cold when crossed, and quietly forgiving once you have earned it back.
Computed from Nicki's birth date, not guessed. The full working is below.
Where Nicki sits
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You likely balance a tight inner circle with a wider orbit you dip into.
You likely weigh most decisions but can move fast when it matters.
You likely share some feelings openly and keep others to yourself.
You may want to resolve tension the moment it appears, rather than let it sit.
You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.
You likely warm up at a pace that depends on the person and moment.
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Nicki Minaj at a glance
Sagittarius Sun
Sagittarius SunTruth first, tact later.
Nicki Minaj's Sun was in Sagittarius for the whole of December 8, 1982, so no birth time is needed to settle it. Traditional Sagittarius readings associate the sign with distance, belief and candour: travel, big questions and an answer given before it was asked for. Astrologers describe it as the mutable fire sign, ruled by Jupiter, and read it for optimism and appetite. The corresponding tension is overreach, with the classical caution that the horizon is more attractive than the ground underfoot.
Water Dog
Water DogWorries so you don't have to.
Nicki Minaj was born on December 8, 1982, which falls in a Water Dog year of the Chinese calendar. Traditional Dog readings emphasise loyalty, honesty and a strong sense of what is fair. The Chinese almanacs describe the Dog as the guardian of the cycle, protective of its own and quick to notice a wrong. The corresponding caution in the tradition is anxiety: a watchfulness that does not know when to stand down.
Life Path 4
Life Path 4Slow, solid, lasting.
Nicki Minaj's birth date, December 8, 1982, reduces to Life Path 4 under the numerology method AsterNym uses. Traditional Life Path 4 readings associate the number with structure, patience and building: turning ideas into plans and plans into something that outlasts the mood that started it. Numerologists describe it as the path of the builder. The corresponding tension is rigidity, with the caution that the structure was meant to serve the life and not the reverse.
What stands out in Nicki’s chart
- The tightest major aspect in Nicki Minaj's date-only chart is Mars square Pluto, with an orb of under 1°.
- Five planets, Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune, sit together in Sagittarius, which astrologers call a stellium.
- Six of the ten planets fall in Mutable signs, making Mutable the strongest modality in this chart.
- Nicki Minaj combines a Wood Day Master in BaZi with a mutable Sun and a Life Path on the physical plane, the combination AsterNym calls The Evergreen Explorer.
Nicki’s birth chart
Reference chart · birth time unknown
No documented birth time exists for Nicki Minaj, so the positions below are checked across the whole birth date, not fixed at noon. The Moon ranges from 22° to 5° Virgo or Libra depending on the hour. The wheel's houses are a solar chart, counted from the Sun's sign, because the Ascendant needs a time.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1. A documented time would place them from the Ascendant instead.
Placements
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The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
Stable aspects hold for any birth hour. Possible ones depend on the hour, so their orb is a range rather than a number. Orb policy western_v1.
stableMoontrineMars0.0° to 6.3° orb
Nicki’s feelings flow straight into their drive. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.
stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune0.0° to 1.0° orb
Nicki’s mind and imagination act as one.
stableMarssquarePluto0.0° to 0.5° orb
Nicki’s drive grinds against their depths. The friction is lifelong. Worked with, it builds real strength.
stableVenusconjunctionNeptune1.0° to 2.2° orb
Nicki’s affections and imagination act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMercurysextilePluto1.3° to 2.8° orb
Nicki’s mind opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.7° to 2.0° orb
Nicki’s mind and affections act as one. Wherever one goes, the other is already there.
stableMarssquareSaturn1.8° to 2.5° orb
Nicki’s drive grinds against their discipline.
stableMarssextileJupiter2.1° to 2.7° orb
Nicki’s drive opens doors for their growth. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturnconjunctionPluto2.2° to 2.3° orb
Nicki’s discipline and depths act as one. Each makes the other louder.
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° orb
Nicki’s imagination opens doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableVenussextilePluto3.3° to 4.5° orb
Nicki’s affections open doors for their depths. An easy alliance, and it pays off when it is used.
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.5° to 4.6° orb
Nicki’s discipline opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.
Chart signature
Elements
- Fire5 of 10
- Earth2 of 10
- Air1 of 10
- Water2 of 10
Modalities
- Cardinal2 of 10
- Fixed2 of 10
- Mutable6 of 10
Counted across the ten planets by sign: Fire leads this chart.
Nicki’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. Without a birth time the degree is the noon value and the day's movement is shown alongside it.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 24°07′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
Chiron in Taurus is read as a wound around security and worth. The reading has Nicki building steadiness by hand after finding it could not be assumed.
⚳ CeresSagittarius 29°18′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
Ceres in Sagittarius is read as nurture through freedom and wider horizons. Nicki is read as someone who looks after people by giving them room.
♡ ErosCapricorn 12°01′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
Eros in Capricorn is read as desire that respects competence and control. Nicki is read as drawn to people who have built something.
⚕ HygieaLibra 16°23′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
Hygiea in Libra is read as health that depends on balance and company. Nicki is read as someone who wears out in conflict and recovers in harmony.
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 18°60′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
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. Nicki 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. The Moon is left out because its position moves 13° across an untimed day.
- Hygiea sextile Sun 0.2°
- Ceres sextile Pluto 0.6°
- Ceres sextile Saturn 1.6°
- Chiron opposition Jupiter 2.2°
- Ceres conjunction Mercury 2.7°
- Ceres conjunction Neptune 2.9°
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°).
Nicki’s dominant planets
Scored from rulerships, dispositors and aspect count. Without a birth time there is no Ascendant or house to score, and the Moon's sign is left out where it could change with the hour.
1. ♃ Jupiter9 pts
rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Neptune; 1 major aspect
2. ♇ Pluto7 pts
disposes Jupiter, Saturn; 5 major aspects
3. ♀ Venus4 pts
disposes Pluto; 3 major aspects
A Jupiter-led chart is read as scale and optimism leading: Nicki is read as reaching for the bigger version of any plan.
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 Nicki’s chart
Closed shapes among the ten planets under the site’s one aspect-orb policy. The Moon is excluded without a birth time, so a shape that needs it is not claimed.
Stellium in Sagittarius · Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, NeptuneThree 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 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. Moon excluded without a birth time.
- Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 0.0°
- Sun semi-square Saturn 0.3°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.3°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 1.6°
Houses need a birth time. None is documented for Nicki Minaj, so no house placements are claimed for the planets or the minor bodies above.
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Also born on December 8
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- Sinéad O'Connor1966
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Fellow Yin Wood day masters
- Julia GillardPrime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013
- William, Prince of WalesHeir apparent to the throne of the United Kingdom and 14 Commonwealth Realms
- Wole SoyinkaNigerian writer
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- Donald J. Trump45th and 47th President of the United States
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From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
Nicki’s cards
Every card is computed from December 8, 1982, none chosen. Tap one to flip it.
♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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The working: BaZi pillarsshow
BaZi pillars
Day Master: yin Wood.
Year
壬
yang Water
戌
Dog
Earth
roots & early life
Month
壬
yang Water
子
Rat
Water
work & drive
Day
day master
乙
yin Wood
丑
Ox
Earth
you & partnership
No birth time is on public record for Nicki Minaj, so this chart has three pillars rather than four. The hour pillar, the rising sign and the birth-sky star all need a time, and we would rather leave them out than invent one.
Where this data comes from
Nicki’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q162202, released under CC0, as do the occupations, works, teams and awards in the biography above. No documented birth time is available, so this chart is rated X on the Rodden scale, the astrological convention for how well evidenced a birth time is. Time-dependent results use a clearly labelled reference time and should not be read as their exact birth chart. 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.
Portrait by Gage Skidmore from Surprise, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
The same Nicki Minaj at Wikipedia, IMDb, Instagram, X, TikTok, YouTube and MusicBrainz.
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.
These are traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions. AsterNym is not affiliated with or endorsed by Nicki Minaj.
Quick answers about Nicki Minaj’s chart
- How old is Nicki Minaj?
- Nicki Minaj is 43 years old, born December 8, 1982 in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago.
- What zodiac sign is Nicki Minaj?
- Nicki Minaj is a Sagittarius: born December 8, 1982, which puts the Sun in Sagittarius for the whole of that day. That is the Western star sign. In the Chinese zodiac they are a Water Dog.
- What is Nicki Minaj's Chinese zodiac animal?
- The Dog, with the Water element, from the Chinese lunar year of the December 8, 1982 birth.
- What time was Nicki Minaj born?
- No reliably documented birth time is public, so AsterNym does not calculate an Ascendant. This chart uses date-only positions: the wheel shows a reference solar chart (the Sun's sign as house 1), and the Ascendant is left uncomputed instead of guessed from an unverified time.
- How tall is Nicki Minaj?
- Nicki Minaj is 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) tall, per the height recorded on Wikidata.
- What is Nicki Minaj's Life Path number?
- Life Path 4, calculated in numerology from the December 8, 1982 birth date.
- What is Nicki Minaj's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons for the December 8, 1982 birth date.
- Where is Nicki Minaj's Black Moon Lilith?
- Mean Black Moon Lilith in Capricorn at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
- What is Nicki Minaj's dominant planet?
- Jupiter, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Sagittarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Uranus, Neptune; 1 major aspect). Pluto is second and Venus third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.
