Born to Speak: What Oprah Winfrey and Barack Obama's Birth Charts Say About Careers With a Voice

A talk show host and a president: two careers built on words. Scroll: their talent sits in two planets.

Photo: US Embassy South Africa, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Photo: Official White House Photo by Pete Souza, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons

Her birth chart ID

Oprah Winfrey

29 January 19544:30 amKosciusko, Mississippi

☉︎Sun Aquarius
ACRising Sagittarius
☽︎Moon Sagittarius

Her birth chart ID

Barack Obama

4 August 19617:24 pmHonolulu

☉︎Sun Leo
ACRising Aquarius
☽︎Moon Gemini

Where a voice shows up

Two planets, three houses.

Mercury
Words: talking, writing, explaining, selling.
Jupiter
Meaning: teaching, the law, the speech that gives hope.
The 3rd house
Daily talk and local news.
The 9th house
Big ideas and teaching.
The 7th house
The person in front of you.

Real chart: Oprah Winfrey

Oprah Winfrey: a career in the house of talking.

Step 1

Sagittarius rising, at its last degree. Count 10 signs from Sagittarius: Virgo is her 10th house.
Virgo is ruled by Mercury, the planet of words. Her Mercury sits in her 3rd house, the house of talking and local news, with the Sun and Venus.
Jupiter rules her whole chart and sits in Gemini, in her 7th house: the person facing you. Talking with one guest at a time, for 25 years.

1986 to 2011

25 years of The Oprah Winfrey Show

Jupiter, ruler of her whole chart, sits in Gemini, the sign of conversation, in her 7th house: the person facing you. One guest at a time.

Real chart: Barack Obama

Barack Obama: the teacher planet on his rising sign.

Step 1

Aquarius rising. Count 10 signs from Aquarius: Scorpio is his 10th house. Neptune lives there, the planet of ideals and images.
Scorpio is ruled by Mars, which sits in his 8th house: crises and other people's money. He was elected in the middle of the 2008 financial crisis.
His strongest planet, by far: Jupiter, in his 1st house. Jupiter is the teacher, the law, the speech that lifts a crowd. He taught law for 12 years.

Chicago

12 years teaching constitutional law

Jupiter, the teacher, the law and the speech that lifts a crowd, is by far his strongest planet. His book was called The Audacity of Hope.

When Mercury or Jupiter runs your career, words become the job.

Your turn: where is your voice?

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Find Mercury and Jupiter in your chart, and the houses where they sit.
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Is one of them the ruler of your 10th house?
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Is one of them on your rising point? Then teaching, writing, coaching or selling can be your career.

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Questions people ask

Which planet shows a career in communication?

Mercury first: words, talking, writing, selling. Jupiter too: teaching, law, speeches that inspire. Look at the houses they sit in (3rd, 7th, 9th or 10th) and whether one of them rules your 10th house.

What is Oprah Winfrey's rising sign?

Sagittarius, in its last degree. She was born on 29 January 1954 at 4:30 am in Kosciusko, Mississippi. Her chart ruler Jupiter sits in Gemini in her 7th house, and Mercury, ruler of her 10th house, sits in her 3rd house with the Sun and Venus.

What is Barack Obama's strongest planet?

Jupiter, in Aquarius in his 1st house. It ranks far ahead of every other planet in our dominance score. Jupiter is the planet of teachers, the law and inspiring speeches.