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Tyla

Tyla (born January 30, 2002, Edenvale, South Africa), aged 24, is a South African singer-songwriter. Best-known releases include Tyla. Tyla's honours include Grammy Award for Best African Music Performance, BET Award for Best New Artist and South African Music Award for Newcomer of the Year.

Tyla’s zodiac sign is Aquarius, Chinese zodiac is Metal Snake, with Life Path 8 in numerology.

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Tyla’s AsterNym identity

The Steadfast Scholar

Earth represents stability. Earth-led charts are associated with patience, responsibility and the ability to make people or projects feel supported. Life Path 8 represents mastery: ambition, resources and turning sustained effort into visible results.

Earth Day Master (BaZi) × fixed Sun × Life Path 8, on the mental plane.

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

#1510

US rank in 2025

~3,378

Americans share it since 1958

2025

its peak year

Tyla ranked 1,803rd in 2002, the year of this birth, with 100 American girls on the register.

US Social Security Administration public records

Tyla’s lucky numbers, colours and stones

Traditional correspondences, calculated not chosen.

Lucky numbers

8 · 2 · 9

Lucky colours

White & Gold

Lucky day

Saturday

Direction

← West

Season

autumn

Stones

Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Rutilated Quartz

Flower constellation

🌺 Carnation · 🤍 Camellia · 🤍 White Camellia

Crimson · Ivory · Silver

Eight Mansions · Kua number

Kua 9, trigram Li 離, East group. Best direction East, worst Northeast.

A different tradition from the Direction above, and a different question: feng shui reads it from the solar year 2001, 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 Tyla apart

Tyla took the South African Music Award for Pop Album of the Year in 2024, at 22.

Centro Don Bosco shaped the training.

The working life starts in 2019, at 17.

Wikipedia's editors put Tyla under South African women songwriters, Singers from Johannesburg and Coloureds.

The same date carries Bijan Robinson. The sky is shared; nothing after it is.

Educated at
Centro Don Bosco
Instruments
voice
Awards
South African Music Award for Pop Album of the Year (2024), MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video (2024) and South African Music Award for Female Artist of the Year (2024)
Nominated for
South African Music Award for Pop Album of the Year and MTV Video Music Award for Best Afrobeats Video
Working from
2019
Citizenship
South Africa
Languages
English
Wikipedia editions
49

What the chart says

Tyla, according to the stars

Core essence

Tyla is two steps to the left of where you expected. The core of Tyla 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.

How Tyla wants to be loved

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

How Tyla creates

How Tyla makes things happen: they are the ground everyone else stands on. A Yang Earth day master is the mountain, reliable, slow to move, immovable once it has. Tyla creates by holding: the plan, the people, the standard. They are trusted before they have said a word, and the work is remembering that mountains are allowed to want things too.

Instinct

Instinct: Tyla 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 Metal year sharpens it: principled, determined, clear about what is right.

Purpose

Purpose: Life Path 8 is the powerhouse. Tyla is here to build something big and run it well: money, influence, a body of work with their name on it. Ambitious, capable, generous when winning, and learning that power is for lifting people.

Triggers

Triggers: being told to wait. Mars in Aries means Tyla 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 Tyla's birth date. Working below.

Where Tyla sits

Six lines

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

Intimate circleWide network
Tyla

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

DeliberateSpontaneous
Tyla

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

PrivateExpressive
Tyla

You may keep feelings close, working through them before anyone sees.

Cool off firstResolve immediately
Tyla

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

PracticalVisionary
Tyla

You likely balance practical steps with room to imagine further.

Gradual trustImmediate chemistry
Tyla

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

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✦ A real star from their birth night

Dedicate a star to Tyla

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

Tyla’s birth-night reference starNihalyellow · LepusNihal, in Lepus. A yellow star, 84.6° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the bright star nearest the zenith.Dedicate Nihal →The warmest lightCapellagolden yellow · AurigaCapella, in Auriga. A golden yellow star, 17.8° above the horizon at 9 p.m. local time, the warmest-toned bright star up that night.Dedicate Capella →

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

The sky over Edenvale that night

Computed for 26.14°S, 9 p.m. local sky.

Nihal stood nearest the zenith over Edenvale at 9 p.m. that evening, 84.6° above the horizon in Lepus.

The brightest star above the horizon was Sirius in Canis Major, and 92 catalog stars were up in all.

From 26.1°S not one of the brightest stars stays permanently above the horizon — all of them rise and set.

The Moon, 95% lit at waning gibbous, was still up; the Sun sat 24° below the horizon.

How unusual Tyla's chart is

Chart pattern score

63 / 100 · Unusual

5-planet stellium in Aquarius · No Earth planets · A leaning bowl

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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The quick version

Aquarius Sun

Weird on purpose, never sorry.

Tyla's Sun was in Aquarius for the whole of January 30, 2002, so no birth time is needed to settle it.

What Aquarius means →

Metal Snake

Watches. Waits. Then precisely.

Tyla was born on January 30, 2002, which falls in a Metal Snake year of the Chinese calendar.

What the Snake means →

Life Path 8

Wants it all. Gets most.

Tyla's birth date, January 30, 2002, reduces to Life Path 8 under the numerology method AsterNym uses.

What Life Path 8 means →

What stands out in Tyla’s chart

Tyla’s birth chart

Reference chart · birth time unknown

Positions are checked across the whole date. The Moon ranges from 23° to 8° Leo or Virgo depending on the hour.

AriesTaurusGeminiCancerLeoVirgoLibraScorpioSagittariusCapricornAquariusPisces123456789101112Mars opens doors for Saturn · Sextile, 0.2° orbMars opens doors for Neptune · Sextile, 0.2° orbSaturn flows with Neptune · Trine, 0.4° orbMars grinds against Jupiter · Square, 1.2° orbSun fuses with Neptune · Conjunction, 1.8° orbSun opens doors for Mars · Sextile, 2° orbSun flows with Saturn · Trine, 2.2° orbVenus opens doors for Pluto · Sextile, 2.8° orbSun in Aquarius · 10°20′☉10°Moon in Virgo · 0°50′☽0°Mercury in Aquarius · 4°24′ · retrograde☿℞4°Venus in Aquarius · 14°09′♀14°Mars in Aries · 8°20′♂8°Jupiter in Cancer · 7°06′ · retrograde♃℞7°Saturn in Gemini · 8°06′ · retrograde♄℞8°Uranus in Aquarius · 24°00′♅23°Neptune in Aquarius · 8°32′♆8°Pluto in Sagittarius · 16°58′♇16°

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

Tap a planet, a sign, a house, an aspect line or an element to see what it means and what sits in it.
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

  • stableMarssextileSaturn0.0° to 0.6° orb

    Tyla’s drive opens doors for their discipline.

  • stableMarssextileNeptune0.0° to 0.5° orb

    Tyla’s drive opens doors for their imagination. Nothing happens until someone makes the first move.

  • stableSaturntrineNeptune0.4° to 0.5° orb

    Tyla’s discipline flows straight into their imagination. Effortless, which is exactly why it gets taken for granted.

  • stableMarssquareJupiter0.8° to 1.6° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionNeptune1.3° to 2.3° orb

  • stableSuntrineSaturn1.7° to 2.7° orb

  • stableSunsextileMars1.9° to 2.1° orb

  • stableVenussextilePluto2.2° to 3.4° orb

  • stableMercurysextileMars3.0° to 4.9° orb

  • stableMercurytrineSaturn3.1° to 4.3° orb

  • stableMercuryconjunctionNeptune3.5° to 4.7° orb

  • stableSunconjunctionVenus3.7° to 3.9° orb

Chart signature

Elements

  • Fire2 of 10
  • Earth1 of 10
  • Air6 of 10
  • Water1 of 10

Modalities

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

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

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

What astrologers make of these five, at noon values.

  • ⚷ ChironCapricorn 5°10′ (moves 0.09° over the day)

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

  • ⚳ CeresAquarius 20°58′ (moves 0.39° over the day)

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

  • ♡ ErosCapricorn 11°28′ (moves 0.61° over the day)

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

  • ⚕ HygieaPisces 22°13′ (moves 0.32° over the day)

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

  • ⚸ Black Moon LilithPisces 18°01′ (moves 0.11° over the day)

    mean lunar apogee · the part that refuses to be tamed

Aspects to the asteroids and Lilith

  • Black Moon Lilith square Pluto 1.0°
  • Chiron opposition Jupiter 1.9°

Tyla’s dominant planets

  1. 1. ♅ Uranus9 pts

    rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Neptune

  2. 2. ♂ Mars7 pts

    in its own sign, Aries; 5 major aspects

  3. 3. ♄ Saturn6.5 pts

    traditionally rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; 5 major aspects

Configurations in Tyla’s chart

  • stellium, the shape it makesStellium in Aquarius · 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.

  • Mars semi-square Uranus 0.7°
  • Venus biquintile Jupiter 1.0°
  • Jupiter semi-sextile Saturn 1.0°
  • Jupiter quincunx Neptune 1.4°
  • Jupiter sesquiquadrate Uranus 1.9°

Born the same day as Tyla

Bijan Robinson was born on January 30, 2002 too, the same date and the same year. With no birth time for any of them the chart is identical, not similar: the same Sun, the same pillars, the same Life Path. The sky over the birthplace is not shared: 92 catalog stars stood above Edenvale, at 26.1°S that night, with Nihal nearest the zenith. Same sky, different lives.

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Tyla’s cards

Computed from January 30, 2002. Tap to flip.

Birth tarot card

Strength

AsterNym identity card

The Steadfast Scholar

Western zodiac

Aquarius

Chinese zodiac

Snake 巳

Life Path

8 · Achiever

♄ Ruled by Saturn

Lead Pb

The working: BaZi pillarsshow

BaZi pillars

Day Master: yang Earth.

Year

辛

yin Metal

巳

Snake

Fire

roots & early life

Month

辛

yin Metal

丑

Ox

Earth

work & drive

Day

day master

戊

yang Earth

戌

Dog

Earth

you & partnership

Where this comes from, and how it is worked out

Tyla’s birth date and birthplace come from Wikidata Q118105408 (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 SWinxy, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

The same Tyla at Wikipedia, tylaworld.com, IMDb, Instagram, X, 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 Tyla.

Quick answers about Tyla’s chart

How old is Tyla?
Tyla is 24 years old, born January 30, 2002 in Edenvale, South Africa.
What zodiac sign is Tyla?
Tyla is an Aquarius: born January 30, 2002, which puts the Sun in Aquarius for the whole of that day.
What is Tyla's Chinese zodiac animal?
The Snake, with the Metal element, from the Chinese lunar year of the January 30, 2002 birth.
What is Tyla's Life Path number?
Life Path 8, calculated in numerology.
What is Tyla's Chiron sign?
Chiron in Capricorn at 5°. Position from JPL Horizons.
Where is Tyla's Black Moon Lilith?
Mean Black Moon Lilith in Pisces at 18°. This is the mean lunar apogee; the osculating Lilith some tables use can sit up to 30° away.
What is Tyla's dominant planet?
Uranus, on AsterNym's dominance score (9 points: rules the Sun sign, Aquarius; in its own sign, Aquarius; disposes Sun, Mercury, Venus, Neptune). Mars is second and Saturn third. Other sites weight rulerships and aspects differently and can name a different leader.

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