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, Chinese zodiac is Water Dog, with Life Path 4 in numerology.
Sagittarius, Chinese zodiac is 
Water Dog, with 
Life Path 4 in numerology.Your match with Nicki
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.?
—
outside the current top list
~6,380
Americans share it since 1923
1972
its peak year
Nicki ranked 1,104th in 1982, the year of this birth, with 128 American girls on the register.
US Social Security Administration public records
What Nicki’s name adds up to
Worked from the birth name Onika Tanya Maraj, not the name they published under.
1
Expression · starting things
11
Soul Urge · insight
8
Personality · capable, in charge
The name opens on O (6) and closes on A (1). The value it repeats most is 1, which numerology reads as drive.
Pythagorean letter values · A=1 to I=9, then J=1 again
Nicki’s lucky numbers, colours and stones
Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.
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
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 1982, 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 Nicki apart
Nicki Minaj took the MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video in 2011, at 29.
Training came by way of Monroe University and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School.
The working life starts in 2002, at 20.
On the family side, Nicki Minaj was married Kenneth Petty and raised one child.
Wikipedia's editors put Nicki Minaj under People from South Jamaica, Queens, Musicians from Port of Spain and Contemporary R&B singers.
Jim Morrison (1943) and Sinéad O'Connor (1966) share the birthday in another year, so the sun sits where it sits here.
- Educated at
- Monroe University and Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School
- Awards
- MTV Video Music Award for Best Hip-Hop Video (2011), MTV Europe Music Award for Best Hip-Hop (2021) and Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award (2022)
- Nominated for
- MTV Europe Music Award for Best Look and Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul or Rap New Artist
- Working from
- 2002
- Citizenship
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Languages
- English
- Wikipedia editions
- 114
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. Working below.
Where Nicki sits
Six lines
Nicki’s dot comes from the chart; yours is where you put it.
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.
Tap each line where you sit.
All twelve of yours, from your birth date →✦ A real star from their birth night
Dedicate a star to Nicki Minaj
Three stars chosen from the real sky above Saint James on the night they were born. Choose the story that connects you.
A 9 p.m. reference sky, not the birth minute. Dedications are commemorative and confer no ownership of stars.
The sky over Saint James that night
Computed for 10.67°N, 9 p.m. local sky.
Overhead at Saint James at 9 p.m. that evening: Torcular of Pisces, within 5.0° of the exact zenith.
Of the 90 catalog stars above the horizon, Sirius was the brightest.
From 10.7°N not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.
Sun 46° below the horizon, Moon down and 35% lit at last quarter.
The name and the places
- Born as
- Onika Tanya Maraj
- Known as
- Nicki Minaj
- Born in
- Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago
No birth time is on record, so no astrocartography map can be drawn for Nicki Minaj: the lines move about fifteen degrees of longitude an hour. Shared Places can still draw yours.
How unusual Nicki's chart is
Chart pattern score
85 / 100 · One in a thousand
5-planet stellium in Sagittarius · 2 unaspected planets · A bundled chart
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.
Score your own chart →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.
What Sagittarius means →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.
What the Dog means →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.
What Life Path 4 means →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
Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 22° to 5° Virgo or Libra depending on the hour.
No birth time, so the houses are a solar chart: the Sun’s sign counts as house 1.
Placements
Tap one to light it on the wheel.
The working: aspects, Chiron and the asteroids, dominant planets and configurationsshow
Aspects across every possible birth time
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
stableMercurysextilePluto1.3° to 2.8° orb
stableMercuryconjunctionVenus1.7° to 2.0° orb
stableMarssquareSaturn1.8° to 2.5° orb
stableMarssextileJupiter2.1° to 2.7° orb
stableSaturnconjunctionPluto2.2° to 2.3° orb
stableNeptunesextilePluto2.3° orb
stableVenussextilePluto3.3° to 4.5° orb
stableSaturnsextileNeptune4.5° to 4.6° orb
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
What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.
⚷ Chiron ℞Taurus 24°07′ (moves 0.05° over the day)
centaur (2060) · the wound and what is learnt from it
⚳ CeresSagittarius 29°18′ (moves 0.40° over the day)
dwarf planet (1) · how a person nurtures and wants to be nurtured
♡ ErosCapricorn 12°01′ (moves 0.59° over the day)
near-Earth asteroid (433) · what draws them and how they desire
⚕ HygieaLibra 16°23′ (moves 0.33° over the day)
main-belt asteroid (10) · health, routine and what keeps them well
⚸ Black Moon LilithCapricorn 18°60′ (moves 0.11° over the day)
mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed
Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith
- 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°
Nicki’s dominant planets
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
Configurations in Nicki’s chart
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, semi-square, quintile, sesquiquadrate, biquintile, quincunx.
- Jupiter semi-sextile Neptune 0.0°
- Sun semi-square Saturn 0.3°
- Mercury semi-sextile Jupiter 0.3°
- Venus semi-sextile Jupiter 1.6°
More people like Nicki
Born in Trinidad and Tobago
- Dionne BrandCanadian writer, poet
- V. S. NaipaulTrinidadian-British writer
More charts like Nicki’s
Fellow Sagittarius suns
- Frankie DettoriItalian jockey (1970-)
- Prince Aymeric of BelgiumBelgian prince
- Prince Nicolas of BelgiumBelgian prince
Born in Dog years
- Kat Von DMexican-American tattoo artist and television personality
- Winnie HarlowJamaican-Canadian fashion model
- Priah FergusonAmerican actress
Also born on December 8
- Jim Morrison1943
- Sinéad O'Connor1966
- Ian Somerhalder1978
- Sammy Davis Jr.1925
- Ashish Chanchlani1993
- Kim Basinger1953
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
Other Sagittarius Dog charts
- Han KangSouth Korean writer
- Jennifer ConnellyAmerican actress
- Giannis AntetokounmpoNigerian-Greek basketball player
- DMXAmerican rapper and actor
Other Evergreen Explorers
- David TrezeguetFrench footballer
- Debby RyanAmerican singer and actress
- RivelinoBrazilian association football player and manager
- Matt SmithEnglish actor
Famous people with Life Path 4
- Donald J. Trump45th and 47th President of the United States
- Kwame NkrumahGhanaian politician
- Arnold SchwarzeneggerAustrian and American actor, bodybuilder, and politician
From the journal: How accurate is Western astrology? · Polarities: why each sign has an opposite
Nicki’s cards
Computed from December 8, 1982. Tap to flip.
Birth tarot card
The EmperorAsterNym identity card
The Evergreen ExplorerWestern zodiac
SagittariusChinese zodiac
Dog 戌Life Path
4 · Architect♃ Ruled by Jupiter
Tin Sn
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
Where this comes from, and how it is worked out
Nicki’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q162202 (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 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. The full method: how it works.
Traditional interpretations, not facts or predictions, and not 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- What is Nicki Minaj's Chiron sign?
- Chiron in Taurus at 24°. Position from JPL Horizons.
- 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.
