Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
May 20, 1959
May 20, 1959
Birth time:
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Sun
Taurus
29°
Moon
Scorpio
6°
Mercury
Taurus
14°
Venus
Cancer
11°
Mars
Cancer
23°
Jupiter
Scorpio
26°
Saturn
Capricorn
6°
Uranus
Leo
12°
Neptune
Scorpio
4°
Pluto
Virgo
1°
N. Node
Libra
10°
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Israel Kamakawiwoʻole was a Hawaiian singer, songwriter and ukulele virtuoso celebrated for his evocative medley "Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World" and the influential album Facing Future. His voice and performances popularized Hawaiian music worldwide; his recordings have been licensed widely in films, television and advertising, securing a lasting cultural and musical legacy.
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Your Core Signs shape your core self, while the Inner and Outer Planets shape your personal traits and collective influences.
Sun in Taurus
Degree: 29°
Loyal, patient, and grounded, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole has a calming presence that puts everyone at ease. He's naturally resourceful and knows how to manage what he has, but he's also deeply tied to his comforts and possessions — mess with either and the bull comes out. Once he sets his mind on something, he'll see it through to the end.
Moon in Scorpio
Degree: 6°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole tries to keep his emotions under wraps, but his intuition is razor-sharp — he sees right through people. He doesn’t scare easily and will pursue the truth even if it stings, though that bluntness can hurt others along the way. Once he truly trusts someone, his loyalty and protectiveness run incredibly deep, and betrayal is the one thing he won’t forgive.
Aspects describe the angles between planets in your chart, highlighting where there is harmony or tension in your life. The orb degree determines how strongly an aspect will affect you, with smaller orbs indicating a stronger influence.
Moon Sextile Saturn
Orb: 0.1°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole has an emotional steadiness that others find reassuring. He's able to handle difficult feelings with maturity and patience, and he has a practical wisdom about emotional matters that makes him someone people turn to in a crisis.
Moon Conjunction Neptune
Orb: 1°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole feels everything — sometimes too much. His emotional world is incredibly porous, absorbing the moods and energies of people and places around him. This makes him deeply empathetic and creatively gifted, though he needs to be intentional about protecting his emotional space.
Uranus Sextile North Node
Orb: 2°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's originality and unconventional thinking are subtle gifts on his life path. When he lets himself experiment and think outside the box, purpose-aligned opportunities tend to appear. Innovation is a quiet ally in his personal evolution.
Mercury Sextile Venus
Orb: 2.7°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole has a natural ability to express himself in ways that are both intelligent and appealing. Social communication comes easily to him, and he knows how to make conversations feel pleasant and engaging without sacrificing substance.
Mars Trine Jupiter
Orb: 3.5°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole has a natural confidence and expansive energy that makes him excellent at taking initiative. Things tend to work out when he follows his instincts, and his enthusiasm is genuinely contagious. He's the kind of person who inspires others just by going after what he wants.
Moon Sextile Pluto
Orb: 4.3°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole has an emotional depth that he can access when he needs it without being consumed by it. He's naturally perceptive about what people are really feeling beneath the surface, and he has a talent for creating emotional intimacy that feels both safe and profound.
Moon Trine Venus
Orb: 5.5°
Love and emotional comfort come easily to Israel Kamakawiwoʻole. He has an innate sweetness and emotional grace that makes people feel cared for in his presence — his relationships, home, and creative life all benefit from this effortlessly nurturing energy.
Sun Sextile Mars
Orb: 5.8°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole has a healthy relationship with his own assertiveness. Taking initiative comes naturally to him without being aggressive about it — he knows how to channel his energy productively and tends to follow through on what he starts.
Venus Trine Neptune
Orb: 6.6°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole experiences love as something almost sacred, and his romantic life has a poetic, ethereal quality. He's deeply empathetic and artistically gifted, and his ability to see beauty in the everyday world gives his relationships a tenderness that most people only dream of.
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Venus Square North Node
Orb: 0.9°
What Israel Kamakawiwoʻole loves and what he's meant to become don't always align easily. Relationships, comfort, and pleasure can sometimes distract from his path, or his growth may ask him to redefine what he values. This tension ultimately refines his heart.
Mercury Square Uranus
Orb: 1.6°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's mind can be brilliantly erratic — he has flashes of genius, but his thoughts can also scatter in too many directions at once. Learning to harness this mental electricity rather than letting it overwhelm him is the key, and when he does, his ideas are genuinely ahead of the curve.
Sun Opposition Jupiter
Orb: 2.3°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole is drawn to big visions and grand plans, but the challenge is knowing when enough is enough. Others may reflect back to him where he's overreaching or under-delivering, and learning to balance confidence with humility is one of his life's most rewarding lessons.
Sun Square Pluto
Orb: 2.6°
Power is a central theme in Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's life — learning to claim it, release it, and not let it consume him. He can be intensely willful and may have faced situations that forced deep transformation, but each time he emerges more self-aware and formidable than before.
Saturn Square North Node
Orb: 4.5°
Fear, self-doubt, and a sense of limitation can feel like roadblocks on Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's path to purpose. He may struggle with feeling unworthy of his destiny or resist the very structure that could support it. Pushing through that resistance is what builds his character.
Venus Opposition Saturn
Orb: 5.4°
There's a tension between Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's desire for love and a voice inside that says he has to earn it. He may swing between warmth and withdrawal, or attract partners who feel emotionally unavailable. The growth here is learning that he deserves love just as he is, not only when he's proven himself.
Moon Square Uranus
Orb: 6.6°
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's emotional world can feel like a lightning storm — sudden shifts, unexpected needs, and a restlessness that makes it hard to settle. He craves both security and freedom simultaneously, and learning to honor both sides of this tension leads to real emotional liberation.
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The zodiac signs are categorized into two categories: Elements and Modalities. The higher the percentage you have of each, the more you embody that trait.
Fire (7%)
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earth (41%)
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Air (0%)
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Water (52%)
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces
Cardinal (30%)
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed (63%)
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Mutable (7%)
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces
