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Brian May. Birth chart and zodiac sign.

Brian May’s zodiac sign is Cancer: born on 19 July 1947 in Hampton, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom, with the Sun in Cancer and the Moon in Leo.

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As a kundli reads it (Vedic astrology, sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa), Brian May’s Moon sign (rashi) is Cancer, and the birth star (janma nakshatra) is Pushya if born before about 6:00 am local time, Ashlesha after. The pada needs a birth time. Find your own birth star.

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Planet positions

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BodyPosition
☉︎Sun25°54′ Cancer
☽︎Moon13°35′ Leo (±15.1° across the day)
☿︎Mercury18°42′ Cancer℞
♀︎Venus13°16′ Cancer
♂︎Mars12°48′ Gemini
♃︎Jupiter17°43′ Scorpio
♄︎Saturn10°13′ Leo
♅︎Uranus23°57′ Gemini
♆︎Neptune8°16′ Libra
♇︎Pluto12°27′ Leo
☊︎North Node1°06′ Gemini℞
⚷︎Chiron2°35′ Scorpio
⚸︎Lilith18°51′ Capricorn

No birth time is on record. This chart is cast for noon local time, which is the usual convention. The Sun and the outer planets barely move in a day, so those positions are reliable. The Moon travels up to ~13° in twenty-four hours, so it is shown as the range it covers. Houses, the Ascendant and the Midheaven need an exact time and are therefore not shown at all rather than guessed.
Missing your own birth time? Birth-time rectification narrows it from dated events in your life: which is why it can be done for your chart and not for this one.
Birth data: Wikidata (CC0). Rodden rating XX (date known, time unknown).

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Aspects

BodyAspectBodyOrb
LilithConjunctionTrue Lilith0°00′
MercuryOppositionTrue Lilith0°08′
MercuryOppositionLilith0°08′
MoonSemisextileVenus0°18′
MarsSextilePluto0°22′
VenusSemisextileMars0°28′
MoonSextileMars0°46′
VenusSemisextilePluto0°50′
MercuryTrineJupiter0°60′
JupiterSextileTrue Lilith1°08′
MoonConjunctionPluto1°08′
JupiterSextileLilith1°08′
North NodeQuincunxChiron1°30′
SunSemisextileUranus1°56′

Chart shape

The ten planets form a Bowl pattern: every planet sits within one half of the wheel, leaving the other half empty. That describes how the bodies are spread around the wheel: a property of the chart, not a statement about anyone.

Quick answers

What zodiac sign is Brian May?

Brian May is a Cancer, born on 19 July 1947. The Sun was at 25°54′ Cancer that day.

What is Brian May's Moon sign?

Brian May's Moon is in Leo. With no birth time on record, its exact degree lies between 5°59′ Leo and 21°06′ Leo across the day.

When was Brian May born?

Brian May was born on 19 July 1947 in Hampton, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom.

What is Brian May's birth star (nakshatra)?

In Vedic astrology (sidereal zodiac, Lahiri ayanamsa), Brian May’s Moon sign (rashi) is Cancer, and the birth star (janma nakshatra) is Pushya if born before about 6:00 am local time, Ashlesha after. The pada needs a birth time.

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Updated 4 November 2026. Method: Umbriel's own astronomy engine computes every position stated on this site; how closely it matches NASA JPL Horizons is published on the accuracy page.