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Billie Eilish: Music Queen of 2019

Only entering into her adult life in a few days, Billie Eilish has accomplished a lot before her 18th year around the Sun. Just this year, at age 17, she was awarded New Artist of the Year and Favorite Artist in the Alternative Rock category by The American Music Awards as well as Billboard's Woman of the Year. She is also the youngest artist to be nominated for all four main categories for the upcoming 2020 Grammy Awards (and potentially the youngest ever to win Album of the Year as well). So how did this anonymous homeschooled Los Angeles girl go from posting tracks on SoundCloud to partnering with Apple Music in only 4 short teenage years? Before I dive into the astrology behind her success, I'll start with a summary of her unanticipated rise to fame.

Billie Eilish began singing in choir at age 8, (when Pluto reached her Midheaven by transit) and writing songs with her brother at age 11 (when Pluto reached her Sun by transit), but this Sagittarius superstar took aim for the spotlight back in 2015 when she was only 13, recording the song "Ocean Eyes" in October that year. She posted the track on SoundCloud on November 18, 2015, unaware of just how successful she was about to be. The song quickly blew up online, and she followed up by releasing a music video and a dance video to the song in 2016, gaining her a significant following. Exactly a year after the release of the original recording of "Ocean Eyes" on SoundCloud, she re-released the song through Darkroom and Interscope Records, and then in August of 2017 she released her debut EP Don't Smile at Me through Interscope Records. Following the release of the EP, she went on her first tour (the Don't Smile at Me Tour, which sold out within a minute of announcing) for the month of October that year.

In February of 2018 she began the Where's My Mind Tour, which also sold out extremely fast, and came to an end in April that year. She continued to release hit singles throughout the year, and in November of 2018 she was featured on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list - at age 16. On March 29, 2019, Eilish released her hit debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? which entered at number one on the Billboard 200, making her the first artist born after the year 2000 to have a number one album in the USA. In April 2019, she began her When We All Fall Asleep Tour, which just recently came to an end last month. Only last week she appeared with the great Alicia Keys on the Late Late Show to perform a chillingly beautiful piano duet of her song "Ocean Eyes."

So now that you're caught up on the highlights of her career, let's look at Billie Eilish's birth chart. Here's an image of her natal chart below.

One can't help but notice her stellium in Sagittarius in her 10th house surrounding her Midheaven right off the bat. Eilish clearly embodies the fun-loving Sagittarius spirit, and because of that stellium placement, Sagittarius is the strongest sign in her chart by a landslide. Her Sagittarius planets are very powerful and highly elevated in her chart, including the Sun, Venus and Pluto, making them very important, and indicating fame, success and a strong reputation. Venus being so close to her Midheaven as well, with Venus being the ruler of her 3rd house of siblings, immediately nods to her brother, writer of the song “Ocean Eyes” which contributed so much to Billie’s success. She probably views her brother as a bit of an authority figure, someone she looks up to, because of this Venus placement in the 10th house. Jupiter is also majorly influential, being the ruler of her 10th house/Midheaven as well as her Sun and the traditional ruler of her Ascendant. Not to mention it's exalted in Cancer (a friendly sign for Jupiter) in her natal chart. Jupiter is also her most benefic planet, due to the fact that she was born during the day.

Jupiter transits have consistently been some of her biggest moments in her career so far. Jupiter was making an exact trine to her Midheaven on her 13th birthday, which was the year she recorded "Ocean Eyes" and posted it online. Jupiter was opposite her Ascendant when she released the music video for the song on YouTube, and then formed a trine to her Moon and a sextile to her Pluto when she released the dance routine video later on. When she released her Don't Smile at Me EP, Jupiter was trine her natal Uranus and making a sextile to her 10th house Venus and Pluto. Jupiter had just entered into her 10th house of recognition when she was placed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in late 2018. Then when she released her debut full-length album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? Jupiter was conjunct her 10th house Midheaven/Sun conjunction, which was when her major fame really kicked in and she became the first artist born after 2000 to have a number one album in the USA. Jupiter and Venus were both conjunct her natal Midheaven/Sun conjunction recently when she was nominated for six Grammy awards as well as crowned 2019 Billboard Woman of the Year.

Despite the fiery Jupiter-influenced Sagittarian overload in her chart, she does have a few water and air placements. She even has an earthy Capricorn Mercury, and I definitely would call her writing style a blend of light-hearted upbeat Sagittarius humor with a darker Capricorn twist. In fact, speaking of her writing, notice that Venus, the ruler of her 3rd house, the house that rules communication and writing, is placed in her 10th house with her Midheaven. She writes music as a way of venting, a form of therapy (note that her 5th house ruler, the Moon, is in her 12th house of the subconscious mind), but it’s gained her significant success as well. Venus also represents music and singing, and she’s clearly gained recognition through her lovely voice. Venus also rules her 8th house which is often called the house of death as well as the house of other people's resources, so with Venus being in her 10th house of publicity and public reputation, she incorporates deeper darker meanings into her growingly popular music. Major issues she has brought up in her music include climate change (the resources of the earth), teenage suicide, and living with depression. Her reputation is also tied into her 5th house of creativity, because Jupiter, the ruler of her 10th house is in her 5th. She has built a reputation surrounding her creative self-expression in music as well as with her dancing abilities, and though she aims against sexualizing herself, she may develop a reputation as a bit of a flirt due to her natal Jupiter being in the 5th house of romance.

I found it interesting also that Eilish’s Mercury and Saturn are in mutual reception, meaning they are in each other’s signs of rulership, so they help each other out. Mutual reception is very similar to a conjunction aspect. It’s interesting though because while Saturn is in her 4th house of home and family in Gemini, Mercury is in her 11th house of friendships and audiences in Capricorn, meaning she considers her fans to be a part of her family, and her family to be a part of her fan base. The two areas blend together, which is interesting because her family is a huge part of her music career - her brother Finneas was the one who wrote “Ocean Eyes” as I mentioned earlier, and he also co-writes with her, produces her music, and performs with her during shows. Her musically talented parents encouraged her to pursue music in the first place, and they've become very important to her career by taking up positions to help her manage her life and her fame. Mercury also rules her 7th house of relationships, so her relationships are very blended with friendships. She’s still pretty young, so it’s hard to tell right now, but she, like many Aquarians (her Moon placement), may choose friends as lovers over other people or strangers, and may “friendzone” potential matches if she doesn’t already have a sturdy friendship with them. I also think that Saturn being in her 4th house brings a bit of restriction or maybe that Saturnian sense of stern discipline to her household. One verse that I keep catching in her song “Bad Guy” goes like this, making me think maybe her parents didn’t always approve so much of her odd style choices or even how she expressed herself in her music…

“My mommy likes to sing along with me

But she won't sing this song

If she reads all the lyrics

She'll pity the men I know”

She has a few planets in her 12th house as well, including her modern planetary ruler, Neptune, and the Moon, another important placement in any birth chart. Interestingly enough, Neptune represents movies, cameras and glamour, so it’s no surprise that as a Pisces Ascendant, she enjoys photography and videography, and is credited as the mastermind of her artistic music videos. A 12th house Moon in Aquarius may also contribute to her mental health as well. She states in interviews that she has dealt with depression her whole life, and has always been a "melancholy person." A detached Aquarius Moon in the 12th house is a bit of an unfortunate placement as far as emotional health goes, causing depression and difficult-to-identify emotional reactions. She mentioned in another interview regarding her songwriting that she writes lyrics from the perspective of different characters, which is fitting to me because the 12th house rules escapism and fantasy, which is what her songwriting seems to be to her, a fantastical escape. Her Moon rules her 5th house of creative ideas, so her creative ideas seem to come from her own fantasies. These 12th house placements, as well as her watery Cancer Jupiter, Pisces Ascendant and Mars combination, all contribute to her need for mystery in her appearance as well. In interviews, she claims to wear oversized clothing as a way of distracting people from her physical body, or as a method of “self-defense” as she calls it. In an interview with Vogue Australia, she states, “I never want the world to know everything about me. I mean, that’s why I wear big baggy clothes. Nobody can have an opinion because they haven’t seen what’s underneath...And I want to be mysterious.”

Well, don’t worry Billie, you’ve got that down. Pisces Ascendant people tend to have an aura of mystery around them at all times to begin with. They blend easily with their surroundings, and are very adaptable to change. Though with a 12th house Moon, she likely feels more safe and secure when she’s physically more “hidden” from view. In addition, her Mars, being the ruler of her 2nd house and placed in the 1st house, creates a need for security that, as a result, alters her physical appearance. Hence, the baggy clothes, and often large sunglasses too, as a style choice for the benefit of her own comfort. This Mars placement could also indicate making money off of her style choices and appearance, which she does through her partnership with Siberia Hills, and she’s mentioned in interviews that she’d like to design shoes (interestingly as well, Neptune and Pisces also rule the feet).

Billie Eilish is a unique case of superstardom, which is what makes her chart so fascinating to me. Her powerful 10th house placements make her a prime example for fame in a birth chart. She made a name for herself online using her own (and her brother's) musical/songwriting talents, rather than performing covers of other artists' songs. She rose to worldwide fame incredibly quickly, and at a very young age, as few celebrities are lucky enough to do on their own. Her songs are undeniably catchy and unique, and with the help of her fans and her family, I'm confident that Billie will go on to do great things with her talents and career, including winning a few Grammy awards at the 2020 ceremony coming up next month!

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