Chris Brown

Chris Brown arrived like a young king already sure of his throne, a dancer and singer who moved with the fluid instinct of someone born to be watched. With his Sun and Moon both in Taurus, his whole self rests on that earthy, Venusian pillar, the sign of the five senses, of music, beauty and value. Taurus is the foundation of the chart, and in him it shows as a builder: reliable rhythm, sensual craft, an old-school devotion to melody and groove. The exalted Taurus Moon, one of the healthiest places the Moon can sit, gave his art its steady heartbeat and his voice its warmth, though it carries the bull's shadow too, the stubbornness that holds on too tightly and resists change even when change is needed.

Both luminaries crown the 10th house, the very top of the chart, the throne where the whole world watches. This is fame handed as a birthright, career lived in full public view. It made him a chart-topping R&B force from his debut "Run It!" onward, yet the 10th spares nothing: his 2009 felony assault of Rihanna was seen by everyone. A natal signature describes temperament; it never excuses a choice. His Leo Ascendant, the regal lion, only sharpened that glare, where pride is both the gift and the fall.