Profile of a Leo
Rina Sawayama
Niigata, Japan
Aug 16, 1990
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Sun
Leo
23°
Moon
Gemini*
25°
Mercury
Virgo
19°
Venus
Leo
2°
Mars
Taurus
21°
Jupiter
Cancer
29°
Saturn
Capricorn
19°
Uranus
Capricorn
5°
Neptune
Capricorn
12°
Pluto
Scorpio
15°
N. Node
Aquarius
6°
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Rina Sawayama is a singer-songwriter and performer whose genre-blending pop draws on rock, R&B and electronica. Her debut album Sawayama received widespread critical acclaim and a Mercury Prize nomination.

She has influenced contemporary pop through bold songwriting, theatrical visuals and collaborations across music and fashion, earning recognition from critics and industry bodies.

Your Core Signs shape your core self, while the Inner and Outer Planets shape your personal traits and collective influences.

Sun in Leo
Degree: 23°
A warm ray of sunshine at her best, Rina Sawayama has a big personality and loves bringing people together. She's generous, straightforward, and naturally self-confident, which is why others often look to her to take the lead. When met with opposition, though, her pride can kick in and she may become stubborn or withdrawn, but she rarely holds grudges and bounces back to her playful self quickly.
Moon in Gemini*
Degree: 25°
Communication is at the heart of Rina Sawayama’s emotional world, and she’s happiest when surrounded by chatter, ideas, and new information. Her moods can shift based on her latest conversation, and she’s more drawn to someone’s words than their appearance. She can get irritable over small things, but a single good exchange is enough to bring her right back.

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.

Mercury Trine Saturn
Orb: 0°
Rina Sawayama's mind has a natural discipline and structure that makes her an exceptionally clear and credible communicator. She doesn't need to try hard to be taken seriously — her thoughts are organized, well-reasoned, and delivered with a quiet authority that people instinctively trust.
Mercury Trine Mars
Orb: 1.9°
Rina Sawayama's mind and drive work in effortless harmony — when she thinks something, she acts on it, and when she acts, her thinking is clear and decisive. This gives her a powerful ability to communicate with both passion and precision, making her naturally persuasive.
Mars Trine Saturn
Orb: 1.9°
Rina Sawayama has an effortless ability to combine ambition with discipline. Her energy is steady and productive, and she instinctively knows how to build things that last. She doesn't burn out easily because she understands the value of pacing herself and playing the long game.
Sun Sextile Moon
Orb: 2.7°
Rina Sawayama's emotional needs and sense of identity work well together. She has a healthy ability to balance what she feels with who she is, which gives her an inner stability and self-understanding that many people spend a lifetime trying to achieve.
Venus Conjunction Jupiter
Orb: 3.2°
Rina Sawayama has a generous, expansive heart and a natural talent for finding joy in life. Love, pleasure, and abundance feel like they go hand in hand for her — she believes in big love, and her optimism in relationships tends to attract good things.
Mercury Sextile Pluto
Orb: 4.8°
Rina Sawayama has a perceptive mind that naturally sees beneath the surface of things. Her thinking is supported by a quiet depth and intensity, which means that when she does speak, her insights tend to land with real impact and authority.
Mercury Trine Neptune
Orb: 7.7°
Rina Sawayama's mind has a poetic, intuitive quality that allows her to express things others feel but can't put into words. Imagination and intellect flow together seamlessly for her, giving her a natural gift for creative expression, storytelling, and understanding the unspoken layers of any conversation.

Sun Square Mars
Orb: 1.3°
Rina Sawayama has a powerful drive, but it doesn't always cooperate with her plans. There's an internal battle between patience and impulse that can make her frustrated or combative at times — but when she learns to channel that fire, she becomes unstoppable.
Venus Opposition North Node
Orb: 3.7°
Love and purpose can feel like opposing forces in Rina Sawayama's life. She might find that relationships or the desire for ease pull her away from her growth path, or that pursuing her destiny disrupts her sense of harmony. Finding the balance between pleasure and purpose is her ongoing work.
Moon Square Mercury
Orb: 5.9°
Rina Sawayama's head and heart don't always speak the same language. She may find herself overthinking her feelings or feeling anxious when she can't rationalize an emotion — but this internal dialogue ultimately makes her a more nuanced and emotionally intelligent communicator.
Mars Opposition Pluto
Orb: 6.6°
Rina Sawayama is no stranger to power struggles — she may attract intense confrontations or feel compelled to prove her strength. This placement demands that she confront her relationship with control and power, and the reward is a profound self-mastery that few people ever achieve.
Jupiter Opposition North Node
Orb: 6.9°
Rina Sawayama's sense of possibility and her actual path sometimes pull in opposite directions. She might overextend toward big dreams that don't align with her destiny, or feel torn between faith and focus. The contrast teaches her that true abundance comes from purposeful expansion, not just any expansion.

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 (26%)
Aries, Leo, Sagittarius
Earth (44%)
Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn
Air (15%)
Gemini, Libra, Aquarius
Water (15%)
Cancer, Scorpio, Pisces

Cardinal (30%)
Aries, Cancer, Libra, Capricorn
Fixed (44%)
Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Aquarius
Mutable (26%)
Gemini, Virgo, Sagittarius, Pisces