Kanye West – Rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, entrepreneur, fashion designer and Presidential candidate
Kanye West, we have all heard the name splashed across headlines over the years. From his feud with Taylor Swift to marrying Kim Kardashian to the most recent headlines that he will be running for President of the United States in the 2020 elections. He was born on June 8, 1977 at 8:45am in Atlanta Georgia. Kanye has won 21 Grammy Awards throughout his career. He and his wife, Kim Kardashian, have four kids.
What in his chart has given him his fame? What indicates the emotional outbursts we have seen over the years? Let’s dig into his chart and find out.
Kanye has a Gemini Ascendant. This gives him a love of family and his mother. He has a curious and intellectual quality and had a lot of educational encouragement during his childhood. He has a great energy and life force and can have beautiful children with a strong desire for love. He has a high degree of creativity. He can achieve more prestige and gain more power through marriage. He can meet his spouse through his career.
Kanye was extremely close to his mother, Dr. Donda C. West and she, as a professor of English, instilled the importance of education. He and his mother lived in China for a while which we can see from the fact that Mercury rules his fourth house of the mother and home and is in his twelfth house of foreign countries. Mercury also rules his first house of who he is and can make him much more vocal and talkative. Gemini is the sign of the twins so he can have two sides to his personality at times. Kanye and Kim had been friends before they began dating in April 2012 and eventually got married on May 24, 2014.
Kanye has Saturn in his second house of Cancer. This can indicate that he will accumulate money over time. Saturn is in the lunar mansion of Ashlesha. This can make him very clever and guide him to make his living in multiple ways. He has the ability to accomplish things when he is motivated to do so and to gain wealth. This is even more true given this falls in his second house of money earned. However, Kanye can also be impolite and tactless, at times lacking social skills. He is not always a fan of rules. He can have periods of depression and a feeling of isolation.
In his fourth house of Virgo he has the north node of the moon, Rahu. Rahu is sitting right at 29 degrees of Virgo on the fixed star Spica. This can bring quick, overnight fame. His album The College Dropout released in February 2004 shot to number two on the Billboard 200 chart. This is when his name became known in the public. At this time he was in his Saturn Maha Dasha and his Rahu Bhukti (sub-dasha) triggering his natal Rahu on the fixed star Spica. Natal Saturn also sends it’s energy to his natal Rahu which made this Dasha even more powerful for him.
In his ninth house of Aquarius he has the Moon. His natal Moon and natal Saturn are parivartana which means they are in each other’s signs. This empowers these two planets and when one is activated the other is activated. It is a lucky and prosperous placement to have the ruler of the second in the ninth and the ruler of the ninth in the second. Moon in this house gives public success and can make him popular. He is idealistic and intelligent. The Moon can indicate incomplete studies at the College/ University level. He has potential for financial ups and downs but if he plans well he can avoid these. The Moons placement in Aquarius can give him periods of paranoia especially when he enters his Moon Dasha or Moon Bhukti.
In his tenth house of career, Pisces, he has the south node of the Moon, Ketu. This placement can result in many surprises and there can be changes that turn into growth opportunities. He can be very clever and get both respect and disrespect from others. He can have constant change in his status and his career. He may be uncertain about his life purpose and he can have a broken relationship with his father. On December 19, 2025 Kanye will be entering his Ketu Maha Dasha. During this time, he will likely go through changes in his career as he prefers unusual careers. He may always feel something is missing in his work. His Ketu is what we call Ghandanta. This can give him a feeling of drowning in emotions and being overwhelmed by them. He may have or have at some point an experience with drowning as well.
His eleventh house, Aries, has Mars and Venus exactly conjunct. This gives him a youthful charm and charisma. It can make him passionate and at times it can make him agitated and easily provoked. The eleventh house is the house of great gains and Mars rules this house so is strong in this position. He can benefit from friends and well-placed people. He has an abundant life with good cash flow and opportunities. Cash flow can come from entertainment and his spouse can contribute to earnings. For Kanye working hard is key and will pay off. His combative attitude could hold him back from fully fulfilling his dreams. Both Mars and Venus are in the lunar mansion of Ashwini. He may have an affiliation or love of horses. He is a pioneer and innovative in his approach. This can make him headstrong and a fast talker who doesn’t always take others into consideration. He is outspoken, impatient, impulsive and can dive in without thinking.
In his twelfth house, Taurus, he has Mercury, Jupiter and Sun. This can give him an unbounded mind. It can make him self-sacrificing and it can show he was educated outside the USA. He spent time learning in China when his Mom did an exchange program there. He can have poor focus and discontinuous thinking. He may be drawn to meditation. He can benefit from time alone to regroup. He can also spend time in confinement in hospitals. He spent time recovering in the hospital from a severe accident where his jaw was shattered. In November 2016 he was admitted again for hallucinations and paranoia in what they called a psychiatric emergency. At this time, he was in his Mercury Maha Dasha Moon Bhukti. Mercury triggered the twelfth house and chance of confinement while the Moon brought in the paranoia.
Let’s look at some of the events of his life to see what transits may have caused them.
On May 24, 2014 Kanye married Kim Kardashian. At the time of their wedding transiting Jupiter was at 24 degrees of Gemini, his first house sending its energy to his seventh house of relationships. Transiting Saturn was at 24 degrees of Libra, its exaltation, sending its energy to his seventh house of relationships. This creates a point of manifestation for the marriage. Jupiter is the opportunity and Saturn is the discipline to make it happen. He was in his Mercury Maha Dasha and Venus Bhukti. Venus rules the first house in his Navamsha chart (chart of the spouse). This empowered the marriage potential. Transiting Venus was approaching his natal Mars which could indicate that it is very much a love match.
On November 21, 2016 Kanye was committed to UCLA Medical Center with hallucinations and paranoia. At this time transiting Jupiter was at 21 degrees Virgo sending its energy by exact degree to his natal Jupiter in his twelfth house of hospitalizations. It was also sending its energy to his natal Mercury and Sun and was conjunct his natal Rahu. Transiting Saturn was in his sixth house of health, conjunct his natal Neptune (illusions, denial and confusion), sending its energy to his three twelfth house planets as well as his eighth house of disgrace and transformation. Transiting Neptune and transiting Ketu were conjunct his natal Moon which can trigger paranoia and delusions. This was a lot of energy hitting his twelfth house of confinement. As mentioned above he was in his Mercury Maha Dasha and Moon Bhukti which triggered even more of the energy.
Kanye’s Mom Donda died on November 10, 2007. At this time transiting Saturn, death and separation, was transiting his third house, which when flipping the chart would be his Moms twelfth house of loss and liberation. Transiting Ketu was also in his third house and indicates loss and death. Transiting Ketu was sending its energy to Kanye’s natal Moon which is an indicator of his Mom. Transiting Uranus was conjunct his natal Moon, indicator of the Mother, and indicates sudden and unexpected happenings.
Let’s take a quick look at some of Kanye’s upcoming transits.
Jupiter is transiting in his seventh house of partnerships until November 19, 2020. With this, diplomacy will get him further. He will need to ensure that he keeps his commitments with marriage and business partners. He needs to show people gratitude and not take them for granted. He may see growth in his business or career.
Saturn is transiting his eighth house. With his Moon in his ninth house this transit begins what is called Sade Sati. This can be a period that can be hard on relationships. He is entering a time when his whole mental, emotional and physical person will be going through a time of transformation and change. He is at a junction point. He may have issues come up from the past of times when he felt betrayed, abandoned or let down. This period over the next three years, until January 2023 when Saturn fully moves in to Aquarius, can carry a lot of mental and emotional distress and ups and downs. His mind may be inconsistent and unfocused. It will be important that he get support before he gets too far along in a project or goal. He will need to watch his health and make sure he is not only improving it but also taking the preventative steps necessary.
