Bono

Bono, born Paul David Hewson in Dublin in 1960, is a man who built something solid and then refused, absolutely refused, to let go of what he believed in, and that is his Taurus Sun speaking. Taurus is the pillar and foundation of the chart, the earthy Venusian bull who shines through sound, sensuality and unshakeable conviction; the universe itself could beg a Taurus to change an opinion and get nowhere. That Sun sits in the third house of voice and communication, the fitting place for a lyricist and frontman whose expressive, grandiose delivery made U2 what it became after those Mount Temple schooldays in the 1970s.

His Moon in Scorpio is the emotional volcano beneath the calm, the phoenix that dies and rises again, drawn to depth, faith and transformation. In the eighth house of rebirth and buried things, it fuels the religious imagery, the survivor's intensity, the all-or-nothing campaigning for Africa through DATA, the ONE Campaign and Product Red. A Capricorn Ascendant gave him the boss's mask, the slow-earned authority of 22 Grammys, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame place and an honorary knighthood, worn always with a strategist's patience.