Elvis Presley's Astrology Chart

CHART OF A LEGEND.

Twenty-nine degrees of Scorpio on the Ascendant. He was destined to be a sex symbol. Those smouldering eyes of his shout Scorpio rising to anyone familiar with astrology. Pluto, the ruler of his chart, is in Cancer in the eight house of sex, death, transformation and BIG MONEY. Sandwiched between the South Node of the Moon in Leo and the Vertex (the destiny point) in Cancer, Pluto indicates tremendous magnetic power of a sensitive, healing nature which can earn him untold amounts of money through residuals.

But since Pluto is in his own house (the 8th), it can also mean a great transformation in Elvis' life. Hold onto the thought of his life being transformed for a moment while I follow through with the influence of Pluto in the 8th, which indicates powerful problems with both sex and drugs. Gargantuan amounts of money and women throwing themselves at him, tearing his clothes off him to get to him, would transform any young man's life, right? Of course it would. Jupiter in Scorpio, trine Pluto and the Vertex, AND in a karmic angle to Venus which is in the 29th degree of Capricorn spells out the excessive sex which surrounded him. But keep in mind that Jupiter naturally rules Sagittarius and the 9th house of spirituality, which could bring about a great transformation in his life -- and did.

Then Chiron is in the 7th house of relationships. In her book on Chiron, Melanie Rineheart points out that Rudolph Valentino also had Chiron in the 7th (all those "others" going crazy over him). The addictive problems become more evident as we take into account the Moon in Pisces and Neptune conjunct the Midheaven.

Elvis' chart shows both powerful, magical strengths and devastating weaknesses. He is quoted as saying that he had always been misunderstood by everybody but his Mama. Neptune on the Midheaven will do that for you, especially when it's trine the Sun and Mercury. The individual gets lost in the myths and legends.

Once he got into his spiritual studies, Elvis firmly believed he had a special mission in this life. Which he did. The Nodes of the Moon tell the story. The South Node (the emphasis of past lives pertaining to this one) in Leo in the 8th house yet on the cusp of the 9th. His public didn't dub him "The King" for nothing. This is not only an indication of royal past lives, but also lives in which he was a powerful spiritual leader.

The North Node (direction this life is to take) in Aquarius in the 2nd house of values yet on the cusp of the 3rd. He was meant to shake up some deep-seated values by means of an innovative, off-the-wall, electrifying style of entertainment. This is defined by the multiple T-Squares formed by the oppositions of the Nodes and of Pluto vs the stellium of Sun/Mercury/Venus, all focusing through Uranus in Aries in the 5th house of entertainment and reacting in the 11th house.

The love flowing between Elvis and his audiences was palatable. Music was not only one of his deepest loves. It was his job. (Taurus on the cusp of the 6th house, Libra on the 11th. both ruled by Venus in the 2nd -- how he earned his living day-by-day.)

The creative genius depicted by the karmic triangle connecting Venus, Neptune and Uranus, augmented by the trine from Neptune to the Sun amd Mercury, and the sextile from Jupiter to the Sun and Mercury, is unmistakeable. The Saturn in Aquarius/Moon in Pisces conjunction sextile Uranus in Aries and inconjunct Pluto in Cancer, is just as obvious. Public uproar (both scorn and acclaim) for setting the establishment on its ear. There wasn't meant to be much middle ground concerning Elvis. He attracted both love and hate -- sometimes from the same people.

Chiron in the 7th house trine Venus shows not only the frenzied love of his fans, but the wounding he received from relationships, and the wounding he gave to others through relationships. Venus in the karmic 29th degree indicates his soul's plan was for him to heal any number of wounded relationships from the past. He tried to do that. He took on the challenge of healing the lives of his parents (Chiron square the Saturn/Moon conjunction) as well as many extended family members and friends he considered as family.

But he was too wounded and vulnerable himself. Perhaps if his mother had not died on August 14, 1958, things would have been different. She had always been the person he loved most, the foundation of his emotional support system. His father, Vernon, is quoted as saying that Elvis simply couldn't stand for anything to be wrong with his mama. "It wouldn't matter if it were me, but he can't stand anything hurtin' his mama."

With her gone, Elvis truly felt alone no matter how many people he surrounded himself with -- rudderless on the stormy seas of the unreal life of Elvis Presley. Did he ever get over his mother's death? No. He spent the remaining nineteen years and two days of his life looking into the faces of every young woman he met, searching for a replacement for his mother.