Brian May
Musician; Queen
"A master craftsman and astrophysicist who forged rock anthems through technical discipline."
The life of Brian May
Who is Brian May?
Brian May built the guitar he plays (the Red Special, made with his father from a fireplace mantel) and used it on every Queen record. He wrote 'We Will Rock You' and 'Fat Bottomed Girls'. He abandoned a doctorate in astrophysics for the band in the 1970s and completed it in 2007, more than thirty years later. He has campaigned extensively on animal welfare.
Defining moments
Brian May and Anita Dobson marry
Saturn sextiled his Sun 110 days after the wedding during a power window, cementing lasting stability and mature commitment for their newly formalized union.
The Marriage in the timeline ↓Live Aid
Nine days after Live Aid, Chiron conjunct Mars highlighted the raw physical drive and vulnerability channelled into the performance.
The Career Milestone in the timeline ↓Brian May's birth chart
This is how a birth chart reads: the wheel plots Brian May's placements at the moment of birth, and the three below anchor everything else on this page. Try it on your own chart to run the same read on a chart of your own.
☾ Born Jul 19, 1947 · time unknown · Hampton · The rising sign is not shown because this birth time is not recorded to the minute. · Birth data: X · See sources
1 placement that explains this chart
Brian May built his signature guitar from scrap wood and paused a doctorate in astrophysics to tour with Queen, uniting methodical precision with arena-scale creative force.
The core drive: protective, memory-keeping, and softer than its shell suggests.
How Brian May's chart holds together
Twelve systems read the same birth chart twelve different ways. Match your chart to see how yours lines up with Brian May's.
This is what a whole chart looks like at once, before it breaks into individual placements: where the element and modality weight sits, and how the four quadrants divide.
Elements and modalities
Water-led, with no modality standing out.
Elements × modalities
| Cardinal | Fixed | Mutable | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🜂 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 🜃 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 🜁 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 🜄 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
Elements
Modalities
No dominant planet is named because two planets score equally.
Quadrant emphasis is not shown because house positions need a birth time recorded to the minute.
Some charts hold a recognizable shape across several placements at once. This is what a pattern reading looks like when one is present.
Chart patterns that stand out
Angle-based patterns are not shown because this birth time is not recorded to the minute.
A missing element: no planets carrying that element at all
See celebrities with this pattern →Uranus unaspected: running with no major aspect to anchor it
See celebrities with this pattern →Sun & Moon in mutual reception: each at home in the other's sign
See celebrities with this pattern →Frequencies are measured against the profile corpus, not asserted.
Twelve systems read Brian May's chart
the full reading
13 placements in the chart signature →The same birth data, read through each system in turn: this is what a full multi-system reading looks like on one chart.
Natal Chart
placidus houses
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Exact planetary positions
● Sun, Moon or chart ruler · ℞ retrograde
| Body | Position | Motion | Theme | Sabian |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North node | ♊︎ Gemini 1°07' | ℞ | — | — |
| Mars | ♊︎ Gemini 12°38' | - | — | — |
| Uranus | ♊︎ Gemini 23°57' | - | — | — |
| Venus | ♋︎ Cancer 12°58' | - | — | — |
| Mercury | ♋︎ Cancer 18°50' | ℞ | — | — |
| Sun | ♋︎ Cancer 25°39' | - | — | — |
| Moon | ♌︎ Leo 9°47' | - | — | — |
| Saturn | ♌︎ Leo 10°12' | - | — | — |
| Pluto | ♌︎ Leo 12°26' | - | — | — |
| Neptune | ♎︎ Libra 8°15' | - | — | — |
| Chiron | ♏︎ Scorpio 2°35' | - | — | — |
| Jupiter | ♏︎ Scorpio 17°42' | - | — | — |
| Lilith | ♑︎ Capricorn 18°49' | - | — | — |
| South node | ♐︎ Sagittarius 1°07' | - | — | — |
Full aspects · 26
Chart patterns
House system: placidus · Birth time: estimated · Angles not used
Transits
Lifetime cosmic weather & power windows
Birth time unknown: the transits below are Sun and planet-to-planet only, never Ascendant, Midheaven, house, or Moon placements.
Bohemian Rhapsody is released
Six minutes with no chorus, released as a single against the record company's judgement.Source ↗
Personal year 3 · Pinnacle 4
Editorial note · Jupiter square Mercury
Eleven days before the release, Jupiter square Mercury marked a power window of audacious creative expansion for Queen's ambitious suite.
Brian May's chart on release day, 1975Collapse
Aug 17Oct 31Jan 14Aug 17, 1975 – Jan 14, 1976 · 150 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Neptune opposition Marsslow
- Chiron square Sunslow
- Pluto square Venusslow
- Jupiter square Mercuryfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
- 10 QUIET YEARS
Live Aid
Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 3
Editorial note · Chiron conjunction Mars
Nine days after Live Aid, Chiron conjunct Mars highlighted the raw physical drive and vulnerability channelled into the performance.
Brian May's chart on a career milestone, 1985Collapse
Jun 2Jul 13Aug 23Jun 2 – Aug 23, 1985 · 82 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Chiron conjunction Marsslow
- Uranus opposition Marsslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Live Aid
Personal year 4 · Pinnacle 3
Editorial note · Chiron conjunction Mars
Peaking 9 days after the event, Chiron conjunction Mars highlighted the raw exertion and healing mission behind the historic performance.
Brian May's chart on a festival appearance, 1985Collapse
Jun 2Jul 13Aug 23Jun 2 – Aug 23, 1985 · 82 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Chiron conjunction Marsslow
- Uranus opposition Marsslow
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Who Wants to Live Forever is released
Personal year 5 · Pinnacle 3
2 passages in force · Jupiter trine Mercury · North Node square Mercury
Brian May's chart on a career milestone, 1986Collapse
Jun 16Sep 15Dec 15Jun 16 – Dec 15, 1986 · 182 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Jupiter trine Mercuryfast
- North Node square Mercuryfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
I Want It All is released
Personal year 8 · Pinnacle 3
Editorial note · Jupiter conjunction Mars
Jupiter conjoining Mars thirteen days after the release mirrored a surge of bold, assertive momentum carrying the anthem forward.
Brian May's chart on a career milestone, 1989Collapse
Mar 29May 2Jun 5Mar 29 – Jun 5, 1989 · 68 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Pluto trine Venusslow
- Saturn opposition Venusslow
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
- Jupiter conjunction Marsfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
The Show Must Go On is released
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · North Node opposition Venus
Eight days after the release, the North Node opposing Venus brought a karmic spotlight to the artistic legacy and emotional weight of Queen's final anthem.
Brian May's chart on a career milestone, 1991Collapse
Aug 8Oct 14Dec 20Aug 8 – Dec 20, 1991 · 134 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Uranus opposition Venusslow
- Neptune opposition Venusslow
- North Node opposition Venusfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
- 9 QUIET YEARS
Brian May and Anita Dobson marry
Personal year 1 · Pinnacle 1
Editorial note · Saturn sextile Sun
Saturn sextiled his Sun 110 days after the wedding during a power window, cementing lasting stability and mature commitment for their newly formalized union.
Brian May's chart on the wedding day, 2000Collapse
May 22Nov 18May 17May 22, 2000 – May 17, 2001 · 360 days
Birth time estimated · Sun, Mercury, Venus and Mars contacts only
- Pluto opposition Marsslow
- Pluto opposition Marsslow
- Saturn sextile Sunslow
- North Node conjunction Mercuryfast
Moon, Ascendant and Midheaven contacts are not shown for Brian May, and no house is named — those depend on a birth time recorded to the minute, and this one is an estimate.
Human Design
manifesting_generator · 6_2 · emotional
This chart doesn't include centre data, so the bodygraph and the centres list aren't shown.
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This chart doesn't include centre data, so the bodygraph and the centres list aren't shown.
Chart properties
Signature
When the strategy is working
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Not-self theme
When it isn't
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Incarnation crossThe Left Angle Cross of Obscuration
Centres and channels derive from the combined design (88° solar arc pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set; lines come from planetary longitude.
Gene Keys
Hologenetic profile & activation sequence
Hologenetic profile & activation sequence
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Hologenetic Profile
Gene Keys derive from the same combined design (88 days pre-birth) and personality (natal) gate set as Human Design, read through the shadow → gift → siddhi spectrum rather than defined/undefined centres.
Vedic Nakshatras
Sidereal lunar mansions & dashas
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Ayanamsa: 23.1244 · Dasha system: Vimshottari · Ascendant nakshatra omitted: no trusted birth time
Mayan Tzolkin
Kin 206 · Blue Hand · Spectral
Manik · Spectral tone
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Seal & tone
Oracle relations
Kin from birth date against the 260-day count, Dreamspell correlation · Seal = kin mod 20, tone = kin mod 13
Numerology
Life Path 11
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Core numbers
Chinese Zodiac
pig · fire
The hour pillar and secret animal need a recorded birth time, so they aren't shown.
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| Pillar | Stem | Branch |
|---|---|---|
| Year | 丁 | 亥 |
| Month | 丁 | 未 |
| Day | 己 | 未 |
Day master
己 anchors this Four Pillars reading: the Day pillar's Heavenly Stem, and the one value here that never depends on a recorded birth time.
Inner animals
Year, month and day pillars need only the birth date.
Feng Shui
Kua 7
Favorable: Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, West
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Supportive directions
Directions to avoid
Eight Mansions (Ba Zhai) method · Kua number from birth year and gender
The Sage
Ask the Sage about Brian May
The Sage reads every placement on this page in context. Ask what Brian May's chart means, or bring your own.
Begin your journeyQuestions about Brian May's birth chart
What is Brian May's zodiac sign?
Brian May's Sun sign is Cancer.
When was Brian May born?
Brian May was born on Jul 19, 1947.
How reliable is this birth data?
This chart carries a Rodden rating of X: the standard scale astrologers use to grade how well-documented a birth time is. No birth time on record, so houses and the rising sign are not shown.
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Birth data
Biography & further reading
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