Dua Lipa's Birth Moon

Pop star behind Future Nostalgia, one of the defining pop albums of the decade.

22 August 1995

Waning Crescent

13.2% illuminated

Singer

On 22 August 1995 the moon was 26 days in, near the close of the cycle, showing 13.2% of its face. That month's full moon — traditionally called the Sturgeon Moon — had passed 12 days earlier, on 10 August 1995.

The sky on 22 August 1995

Geocentric positions in the tropical zodiac, computed for midday UTC.

☉SunLeo ♌

☽MoonCancer ♋

☿MercuryVirgo ♍

♀VenusLeo ♌

♂MarsLibra ♎

♃JupiterSagittarius ♐

♄SaturnPisces ♓℞

♅UranusCapricorn ♑℞

♆NeptuneCapricorn ♑℞

Saturn, Uranus and Neptune were retrograde that day — appearing, from Earth, to move backwards against the stars. It is an effect of the two planets' relative speeds rather than a change in direction, and astrologers read it as a period of review rather than progress.

Moon in Cancer ♋

The moon was passing through Cancer on 22 August 1995, while the sun sat in Leo — which is why Dua Lipa's star sign is Leo. The two rarely coincide: the sun takes a month to cross a sign and the moon takes about two and a half days.

Where the sun sign is read as the outward character, the moon sign is read as the emotional register underneath it — the part that runs tidal, with a strong pull towards home and towards the people it has decided are family.

Aspects that day

Aspects are the angles bodies form with each other. These were within orb on 22 August 1995:

Sun conjunct VenusMoon trine SaturnMercury opposite Saturn

What a Waning Crescent birth moon means

Rest, restore, and integrate. This is the quietest phase — a sacred pause before the next cycle begins. Honour your need for stillness.

Traits of the Waning Crescent

Waning Crescent births are deeply intuitive, spiritual, and sensitive. They absorb the world deeply and often feel things before they can name them. Dua Lipa carries this quality — a depth of feeling and perception that surfaces in their creative work and personal presence.

How to read all this

Every figure on this page is calculated from Dua Lipa's date of birth — the phase, the illumination percentage, the positions and the aspects are astronomy, and they would be the same whoever was born that day. The character readings attached to them are symbolic tradition, not measurement, and are best treated as prompts for reflection rather than claims about a person.

Two things are deliberately missing. Without a birth time we cannot give a rising sign or house placements, since both change through the day — the ascendant shifts roughly every two hours. And without a birthplace there are no moonrise or moonset times, which depend on latitude. Anywhere you see those quoted for a public figure without a documented birth certificate time, treat them with caution.

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