Taylor Swift

[Jim Eshelman]

Taylor Swift was born December 13, 1989 in West Reading, PA. She might have been born at 8:36 AM - and that chart looks mighty interesting!

Yesterday (12/6/2023), Time magazine announced Swift as its Person of the Year. She's been on an amazing roll of success, made headlines this year for life-changing bonuses she gave to every member of her touring team, and in interview for Time said she's at the highpoint of her life so far in terms of happiness. Of course, her recent celebrity romance is part of that.

The 8:36 AM birth time came from Inside Taylor Nation: True Encounters with Taylor Swift by Sarah Oliver. It might be wrong. It gives the birthplace as Wyomissing, PA (40N20 75W58) instead of West Reading (40N20 75W57), the main difference (besides one minute in longitude) being that the data source says she was born in Brampton Civic Hospital while other sources say Reading Hospital. The only Brampton Civic Hospital I can find is in Ontario, and there is nothing similar-sounding in or near Wyomissing, so this casts some shade on the biography's report.

Nonetheless, you might want to look at this chart for December 13, 1989, 8:36 AM EST, West Reading, PA. It is one of the most stunning examples of success, electrical break-out talent, and raw entertainment appeal. Don't miss the mundoscope!!!

Right now, transiting Pluto is crossing natal Eastpoint-a, a mark of significant life-altering times. Yesterday when the news broke, transiting Venus crossed her natal Midheaven, a fast transit but as perfect as could be. For any birth time, solar arc Pluto is conjoining natal Sun.

I don't know where she is - she seems to be on non-stop tour - or where she spent her last birthday. Therefore, I can't check anything that is dependent on location.

[SteveS]

for the mundoscope: Also sp Jup partile cnj Natal Moon.

[Jim Eshelman]

Also sp Jup partile cnj Natal Moon.

I saw that... but it's been there for so many years and isn't peaking right now. I'd much rather rely on that 0°01' Moon-Jupiter mundane conjunction half a degree from the angle! That's a lifetime aspect.

But, since you mentioned it... progressed Jupiter moved within 1°00' of conjunct natal Moon in September 2013, was exact in September 2021, and will last through October 2030. That's not a bad breakdown when you chart the main stages of her career to date:

2004-2008: Started her career (came on strong within the industry) and got her first album out. (Already lots of awards, high chart rankings, etc.)

2008-2010: Fearless (2nd album, 2008) really started her gigantic popular breakout including Grammy awards including Album of the Year. (2009 is when I would have expected the Jupiter progression to begin, not four years later.)

2010-2014: At the end of this period, the Jupiter progression came into partile orb. By then she was already on a roll, winning "best this or that of the year" at every award show, especially the Grammies.

2014-2018: This is the period that the progression would have been especially building toward a peak, and she was already solidly on top. New albums would pre-sell a million copies before they became available. In 2015 she had the highest grossing tour in the world. She began pulling her music from all the major streaming services briefly because of their policies that didn't pay artists fairly. - She took most of 2017 off and stayed out of the spotlight, then purged her social media accounts, released new music, and went on (during 2018) to have the highest grossing North American tour in history.

2018-2020: This would have continued bringing the progression to the very edge of its 2021 00' peak. The biggest thing seems to be that she left her former record company and signed with Universal. Big successes continued. During Covid, she continued to release new albums.

2021-now: OK... by 2021 she clearly was The Big Deal with enormous success. Covid-19 had something to do with exactly when this peaked, but "before 2021" and "since 2021" do seem to be different stages (with the progression being exact in 2021). Perhaps the most remarkable single thing is that, since her original record company would not sell her the masters for her first six albums, she re-recorded all six as new releases, completely undercutting the company and giving her six instant new high-selling albums. Fearless and Red were reissued as Fearless (Taylor's Version) and Red (Taylor's Version), both going No. 1. (Only Dolly Parton had ever before had both the originals and the re-release hit No. 1 on the country charts.)

And it's gone on since then.

So, yes, that Jupiter progression to natal Moon has been outstanding for her and will continue in orb until 2030.

Presuming this birth time is correct... which it surely seems to be.

[SteveS]

She has had a fantastic Career and I agree the bt is correct with high %.

[Lyse]

Taylor Swift was born December 13, 1989 in West Reading, PA. She might have been born at 8:36 AM - and that chart looks mighty interesting.

There’s another birth time for Taylor Swift in a book by John Gumbs, Reading Astrological Charts - A Practical Guide, 2022. There’s no source given but the time and date were:

Taylor Swift, December 13, 1989, 5:17 AM, Reading, PA

The image hosting site is down but here’s the link to the relevant page.

https://tinyurl.com/9f479zvd

[Jim Eshelman]

There’s another birth time for Taylor Swift in a book by John Gumbs, Reading Astrological Charts - A Practical Guide, 2022. There’s no source given but the time and date were:

Taylor Swift, December 13, 1989, 5:17 AM, Reading, PA

Thanks. We've known about that for a while and (whether or not the 8:36 AM time is correct) the original source for that, TAY - The Taylor Swift Story by Jill Parker, tends to be distrusted.

Nonetheless, I ran a few of the more obvious events against that time when I started this post. The results were so contraindicative that I didn't mention it. I suppose, though, it should go in this thread for a more complete record.

[Lyse]

We've known about that for a while and (whether or not the 8:36 AM time is correct) the original source for that, TAY - The Taylor Swift Story by Jill Parker, tends to be distrusted.

Ahhh, not a birth certificate but a celebrity biography. Good to know.

[Jim Eshelman]

The discussion under sources may help:
https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Swift,_Taylor