Coco Chanel's birth chart

Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, born in Saumur, freed women's silhouettes, invented the little black dress and launched the N°5 perfume in 1921. She built one of the most famous luxury houses in the world. Her birth time comes from her birth certificate, so we can read the houses.

Mercury and Uranus in Virgo in the 10th house: the simplicity revolution

At the top of her chart, Mercury and Uranus in Virgo. Virgo is practical, simple and well made. Uranus is revolution. Chanel did both: she freed women from corsets and made jersey, trousers and comfort a form of elegance.

Pisces Moon in the 4th house: the hidden childhood

Her Moon is in Pisces, in the house of childhood. After her mother's death, she was placed in an orphanage run by nuns in Aubazine. For years she reinvented that part of her story. Pisces blurs the trail.

Sun and Venus in Leo in the 9th house: style as a philosophy

Her Sun is in Leo, with Venus, in the house of ideas and international reach. Chanel didn't just make clothes, she imposed a vision of women. "Fashion fades, only style remains": that's a Leo philosophy.

Neptune in Taurus in the 6th house: the perfume

Neptune, the planet of the invisible and of scent, in Taurus, the sign of luxury and the senses. N°5 became the most famous perfume in the world.

Jupiter in Cancer in the 8th house: other people's money

Jupiter in the house of shared resources: her first boutiques were financed by her partner Boy Capel, and her perfume was developed in partnership with the Wertheimer family.

The bottom line

A Virgo-Uranus revolutionary, a Leo who turned style into a philosophy and a Neptune perfume that became a legend.