Katy Perry’s birth chart, interpreted by The AstroTwins
The following analysis by celebrity astrologers Tali & Ophi Edut, aka The AstroTwins, highlights the most interesting astrological features of Katy Perry’s birth chart for all level astrology readers to understand.
Additional reporting by Astrostyle Contributing Editor Tasha Beg @thepopastrologist
When Is Katy Perry’s Birthday?
Katy Perry’s birthday is October 25.
Katy Perry’s Sun Sign Is In Complicated Scorpio
•The Sun represents the essence of your personality, your main character energy•
Katy Perry’s astrological sign is Scorpio. She was born on October 25, 1984 in Santa Barbara, California.
As a Scorpio Sun, Katy is more complicated than her campy California Girl veneer would suggest. Scorpios are considered the most misunderstood and secretive members of the zodiac. Katy is mysterious and deeply private, only showing you what they want you to see.
With their typically reserved personas, Scorpio people can be tricky to spot! As a water sign, Scorpio tends to lead with their emotions and intuition. They’re usually hesitant to begin a conversation or express interest in others openly until they’ve scoped out the vibe. Once a Scorpio feels safe, however, you’ll feel their scorching passion for whatever topic fascinates them; at a high vibration Scorpios are known for their intensity and obsessive quality. On the other side of the spectrum, however, those passionate emotions can venture into jealous and controlling territory.
Katy’s Scorpio Sun is located in her fantastical 12th House
The twelfth house is traditionally associated with creativity, spirituality, and (teenage) dreams. With her Sun in the twelfth house, Katy is typically sensitive and deeply connected with the collective—she has an uncanny ability to understand what the people want (usually)! The twelfth house can highlight hidden talents and supernatural, extra-terrestrial inspiration. No surprise that Katy’s third album Teenage Dream is one of the most successful pop albums of all time—the first album by a woman to produce five No. 1 singles.
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However, that twelfth-house collective connection can work both ways. If Katy is not careful, she might lose herself in projections rather than stay true to her inner vision. Her identity would no longer belong to her; rose-colored glasses on, she would instead be chained to an outdated rhythm.
Pluto in Katy Perry’s Chart Creates an Intense ‘Cloud’
•Pluto holds the key to our personal chamber of secrets, everything from money, sex, power•
In Katy Perry’s natal chart, intensity and privacy are turned up several notches—especially with Pluto (the modern co-ruler of Scorpio) right on top of her Sun, like intense cloud cover perpetually over a sunny West Coast afternoon.
Pluto tends to swallow up whatever it aspects in the natal chart. With Pluto aspecting her Scorpio Sun, Katy’s identity is engulfed by Pluto—who’s the real Katy here, or should we say, Katheryn? Plutonian individuals hold their cards close to their chests, naturally enshrouding them in a protective cloud of mystery, or denial.
Sun-Pluto placements are here to embark on an intense journey of death and rebirth, stemming from intense self-examination of their emotions. Often Sun-Pluto natives, like Katy, feel a deep-rooted need to integrate the shadows with the self to access the empowerment they desperately seek. With Katy’s Sun-Pluto configuration in her metaphysical twelfth house, her spiritual evolution is heavily tied to her collective connection. Scorpio ultimately looks to strip away the facade to unearth the naked truth—how honest Katy’s being with herself will be reflected in the public’s response to her artistry.
On a deeper level, Sun-Pluto individuals can feel the omnipresent presence of a father or masculine-type figure, always watching and controlling their every move. Pluto can suggest an overwhelmingly dominating force that can render you helpless (especially when encountered early on in life). It’s worth noting that Katy was raised in a strict evangelical Christian family with her every move scrutinized and controlled by her minister-parents—shame and wounding (Pluto) around her identity (Sun) established at a young age.
Katy Perry’s Chart Features a ‘Dark Horse’ Scorpio Stellium
•A stellium is when three or more planets are in the same zodiac sign or house in a birth chart•
In addition to her Sun and Pluto, Katy Perry also has her moon (emotions), Mercury (communication), Saturn (lessons), and rising sign in the fixed sign as well—phew! That’s a provocative Scorpio mouthful.
Katy’s Sun (core identity) and moon (feelings) being aspected by heavy outer-planetary forces suggests a meaningful “clamp down” of Katy’s true self. The moon can describe one’s memory of mothering received while the sun is typically associated with the father complex. In addition to her Sun-Pluto configuration, her sensitive and intuitive moon is closely conjunct with cold, disciplined, Saturn, indicative of Katy’s inherent craving for nurturance and support.
Katy catapulted to stardom with her debut single I Kissed a Girl, exploring mainstream society’s internalized sexual taboos—one of Scorpio’s favorite subject matters. Her artist persona (rising sign) reflects a meaningful transformation (Scorpio) from her religious upbringing where dance and pop culture were deemed the work of Satan. She’s continued to lean into her sexual persona throughout her career, injecting burlesque, sexual innuendo, and lust. In true Scorpio rising fashion, she’s as magnetic as she is full-on.
With Mercury also in Scorpio, closely situated by her moon and Saturn, processing complicated emotions through songwriting can be incredibly therapeutic for Katy; it might not always be the easiest task for her to get vulnerable on paper. With disciplinarian Saturn in the mix, however, Katy is equipped to write enduring messages of empowerment once she moves past the initial fear; there’s a reason why Firework continues to light up political rallies or Motivation Monday playlists while Woman’s World is falling flat on arrival. Saturn can be the greatest teacher while laying on the tough love.
Katy Perry’s Two Chart Rulers Highlight Ambition and Control
•Your chart ruler is the planet that rules over your rising sign•
Being a Scorpio Rising, Katy Perry’s chart is ruled by two planets, giving us extra color for her persona. A chart ruler acts like your personal avatar in the movie of your life. With Mars in Capricorn and Pluto in Scorpio both steering the wheel of her chart, Katy’s here to understand whether the mountain she’s here to climb belongs to her or is borrowed from someone else’s vision (or the past).
Mars in Capricorn offers an interesting flavor coloring Katy’s lens—especially with its placement in her third house of perspective and songwriting. Capricorn is often considered a conservative, machismo zodiac sign, echoing deep-rooted patriarchal beliefs like success, achievement, grind culture, and traditional gender narratives (and sexuality).
Mars, meanwhile, describes our actions and motivations AND is especially empowered in Capricorn. Katy is equipped to endure intense conditions and make things happen for herself as she builds her empire (she’s one of the richest female musicians in history—Pluto is also the ruler of wealth).
At a lower vibration, however, Katy could find herself operating from subconsciously internalized misogyny (she’s one of the boys)—which might explain Katy’s decision to reunite with Dr. Luke, a controversial producer who is accused of sexual, emotional, and physical abuse by singer Kesha, on her feminist anthem Woman’s World (the lead single off her album, 143).
Katy Perry’s South Node Is In Scorpio
•Astrologers use the nodes of the moon (found opposite each other in your birth chart) to determine where your destiny lies (North node) and what you were in past lifetimes (South node).
Katy Perry has her South Node (past-life karma) in Scorpio and her North Node (destiny) in Taurus. Her Scorpio South Node is in her self-oriented first house and his Taurus North Node is in her partnership-oriented seventh house. Karmically, Katy’s got a difficult task at hand—she’s looking to embody the highest potential of an empowered Scorpio (especially with her stellium) while steering clear of Scorpio’s depressive and soul-sucking traps that can leave her emotionally stunted.
Katy has signed up for an intense cycle of death and transformation with the hopes of arriving at peaceful Taurean pastures. Her choice of pop as a medium to explore deeper feelings reflects her Taurus north node, which is all about distilling difficult Scorpio lessons into digestible bites. She’s here to experience the spectrum of human emotion and translate it into powerful messages understood by the collective.
On a personal level, collaborations (romantic or otherwise) are important evolutionary catalysts for her growth. Katy is learning to understand her intuition while cultivating trust and discernment in her partners. Stable, grounded partnerships (Taurus) can offer a helpful release (and relief) from intense emotional horrors (Scorpio).
Love Astrology of Katy Perry: No Average Joes Need Apply
•Venus and Mars are the love planets in astrology. In your birth chart, Venus represents seduction and romance while Mars represents lust, motivation and erotic instincts.
Mars and Venus in Katy Perry’s natal chart are situated next to each other in the zodiac, indicative of tension as one placement acts as a corrective force for the other. Katy has Mars in Capricorn and Venus in Sagittarius, suggesting that Katy is attracted to the ambitious, driven, foreign types (no average Joes need apply).
Venus in Sagittarius can be impulsive and spontaneous while Mars in Capricorn looks for the security blanket, preferring not to commit unless they’re convinced they can invest in the relationship for the long term. Katy’s Venus in Sagittarius is situated by change-maker Uranus, coloring her dating history with an “expect-the-unexpected” quality. While it might be difficult to pinpoint Katy’s type, it’s safe to say she’s looking for someone fun, different, with airs of traditional masculinity. Her relationship history speaks for itself, with Russell Brand, John Mayer, Travis McCoy, and her current partner Orlando Bloom.
Fun fact: Katy Perry and Orlando Bloom share some cute cosmic synastry! Orlando is a Capricorn Sun, which works nicely with Katy’s Mars in Capricorn—he embodies everything she innately desires (both in and out of the bedroom). They’re committed to doing whatever it takes to make their commitment work (even if things may get difficult with their superstar schedules). On the flip side, Katy’s workaholic Mars in Capricorn could find herself trying to do much to keep the relationship afloat without concern for her own needs—Mars in Capricorn types can often mistake needs for complaints as the Sun exists as the most powerful cosmic object in the room.
Emotionally speaking, Katy and Orlando are deeply connected, with his Scorpio moon acting as a natural receptor to Katy’s intense Scorpio stellium. Katy can let down her Scorpio defenses behind closed doors and Orlando is unafraid to swim in the deep end with her. Bloom once shared on a podcast that he and Perry share a mutual understanding of the other’s roots, pushing each other to continue to grow: “I think we both meet each other with understanding where we came from, what we worked to do, what we had to do to get to where we got to, and she definitely demands that I evolve,” he said. “And I feel I do the same for her.”
A Scorpio bond is unlike any other, long-lasting, deeply transformative, and emotionally connected.
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