Birth Chart

Merle Haggard

Merle Ronald Haggard

Sun Aries

Moon Aquarius

Ascendant Capricorn

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Aries - 16°10' - in house 3

↣ Moon in Aquarius - 12°20' - in house 1

↣ Mercury in Aries - 28°45' - in house 3

↣ Venus in Taurus - 03°57' - in house 4 - retrograde

↣ Mars in Sagittarius - 05°08' - in house 11

↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 25°00' - in house 1

↣ Saturn in Pisces - 27°50' - in house 2/3

↣ Uranus in Taurus - 08°13' - in house 4

↣ Neptune in Virgo - 16°50' - in house 8 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Cancer - 26°30' - in house 7 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Sagittarius - 17°11' - in house 11 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Capricorn - 19°26' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Scorpio - 10°09' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aquarius - 05°23'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 3

↣ Moon in house 1

↣ Mercury in house 3

↣ Venus in house 4

↣ Mars in house 11

↣ Jupiter in house 1

↣ Saturn in house 2/3

↣ Uranus in house 4

↣ Neptune in house 8

↣ Pluto in house 7

↣ North Node in house 11

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon sextile (3°50' applying)

↣ Sun and Neptune parallel

↣ Sun and North Node trine (1°01' applying)

↣ Sun and Ascendant square (3°16' separating)

↣ Moon and Mercury antiparallel

↣ Moon and Uranus square (4°06' separating) antiparallel

↣ Moon and North Node sextile (4°51' applying)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (6°57' applying)

↣ Moon and Midheaven square (2°11' applying)

↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (5°12' applying)

↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (3°45' separating)

↣ Mercury and Pluto square (2°15' separating)

↣ Venus and Mars antiparallel

↣ Venus and Uranus conjunction (4°16' separating)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant square (1°25' separating)

↣ Venus and Midheaven opposition (6°12' separating)

↣ Mars and Jupiter parallel

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°15' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (2°50' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (1°30' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (10°22' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant conjunction (5°34' applying) parallel

↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (1°20' separating)

↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant square (2°51' applying)

↣ Uranus and Midheaven opposition (1°56' separating)

↣ Neptune and North Node square (0°21' applying)

↣ Neptune and Ascendant trine (2°36' separating)

↣ Pluto and North Node antiparallel

↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (8°53' separating)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant opposition (7°04' applying)

↣ North Node and Ascendant parallel

Birth data

Original name: Merle Ronald Haggard
Chart date: 06/04/1937
Chart time: 01:30
Date and time quality: AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Bakersfield (CA), USA
Latitude and longitude: 35°22' North · 119°01' West
Time zone: 08:00 West

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About

Merle Haggard was an influential American singer, songwriter and instrumentalist, a central figure in country music from the 1960s through the 1980s. Alongside Buck Owens and with his band The Strangers, he helped establish the Bakersfield sound, a subgenre characterized by the raw tone of Fender Telecaster guitars and a more direct, rock-influenced aesthetic compared with traditional country.

His personal life, marked by a difficult childhood and episodes of incarceration in his youth, informed his work: Haggard achieved widespread popularity with songs that depicted working-class life and themes of redemption. Between the 1960s and 1980s he placed 38 songs at the top of the charts, establishing himself as one of the genre’s most commercially successful artists.

Over the course of his career he received numerous honors, including Grammy Awards and the Kennedy Center Honor for his contributions to music. His legacy endures in his influence on later generations of country musicians and in the continued relevance of the Bakersfield sound as a stylistic reference.

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