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Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Kehlani knows “wassup.”
They of the honeyed voice and hard knocks, the Nick Cannon intercessions and zen vibes in the face of drive through dramatics, is a verifiable earth sign on the rise.
In support of their latest release, “Blue Water Road Trip”, Kehlani is joining horns and forces with fellow Taurus Rico Nasty for a 2022 North American tour. Included is a stop in New York City for a two night stint at Radio City Music Hall August 9 -10.
To celebrate their summer of success,we’re taking a look at the stars that bind and shine in Kehlani’s birth chart.
Kehlani celebrates their blessed birthday on April 24, making them a Taurus sun with a Pisces moon. Chock full of fire, tempered by water and anchored by earth, Kehlani’s chart reveals a human built for passion and profound transformation.
Those like Kehlani that fall under the zodiac sign of Taurus prefer comfort to chaos and a night in to a bender out. Kehlani took the home body energy of their sun sign a step further by choosing an at home birth for the delivery of their Aries daughter Adeya Nomi Parrish Young-White in 2019.
Kehalni described the birthing process via Instagram in quintessential earth mama fashion, “Unmedicated home birth was the absolute hardest yet most powerful thing I’ve ever done,” they added,“Thankful beyond words. In love beyond comparison. Refraining from posting to be family and rest, we just wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent well wishes, love, and support in all forms while waiting & working to bring Adeya earthside.” Proudly enduring pain, relishing in bringing life forth from the comfort of their own home and expressing deep gratitude while also asking for personal space is very, very on brand for a bull.
The solar destiny for a Taurus is to enjoy their animal bodies while resisting the appeal of decadence without substance. Indeed, bulls are meant to graze in the sunshine and live generously but must overcome their predisposition towards possessiveness, materialism and vanity.
Their gift is giving others permission to indulge and explore without the restraints of guilt and fear or, in the case of Kehlani, the tyranny of cutlery. As they explained in an interview with Big Boy TV, “I’m the friend that gets my friends to open up their palettes…I’m the person that wants the plate that’s a million different colors and a million different things going on and you have to eat it with your hands.” Same.
The moon reflects our emotional nature and indicates past life experiences and Kehlani’s falls in the mutable water sign of Pisces. In previous incarnations, moon in Pisces folk were disconnected from reality, either through religious devotion or substance abuse. In this lifetime the tides of that past can wash over into escapism and addiction. We see this trajectory in Kehlani, the child of addicts, who sought the most desperate kind of escape but thankfully survived a suicide attempt in 2016.
Pisces is associated with the twelfth house of self-undoing but also of transcendence. It seems that in the years since their suicide attempt, Kehlani has followed a path towards self-love aided by becoming a mother, finding their stride through song, reconciling their past in therapy and fostering healthy romantic relationships.
In terms of aspects, Kehlani’s moon in Pisces forms a beautiful trine with their North Node in Scorpio. When the moon trines the North Node it suggests a natural synergy between emotions and personal trajectory, as well as latent psychic abilities. Feelings and fate y’all. The moon trine North Node also indicates that the aggregate of Kehlani’s life experiences, both trying and triumphant, exist and have been endured to serve their creativity. In fact, it is through the process of distilling experience into art that they will come to know wholeness, needing to let it out in order to be let in.
Kehlani has Mercury, planet of expression and communion, in Taurus. In Taurus, Mercury is intentional, clear and more contemplative than impulsive. Natives may not speak first or often but when they do, they command attention and convey their messages with assured authority and natural power.
When enraged or confronted by the uncouth, a Mercury in Taurus shuts down, a defense modality we see in this now viral Morning Hustle interview where an insulted Kehlani goes arms crossed, stone cold and eerily calm in the face of an offensive introduction and a disrespectful line of questioning. To provoke a Mercury in Taurus is to invite the deafening wrath of their disengagement. We see this power again at play in Kehlani’s beatific response to an irate Christian Walker accosting them in a Starbucks drive-through in July 2022. True to form and sign, the super chill and self aware bull captioned a screenshot of the encounter “a Taurus,” in their Instagram stories.
Kehlani has Venus, planet of love, aesthetics and attachment in intense, impatient Aries. Venus in Aries folk fall in love fast, furious and often and they want to be seen as first, best and beyond comparison in the eyes of the one they love. Under no circumstances can they abide indifference and they are not above a bold declaration or an immediate pledge of eternal affection. Add to this that Kehlani has Mars, planet of drive and desire in the heart centric sign of Leo. Leo is associated with creativity, play and recognition, and those with their planet of action in this sign feel most alive when in the process of making and sharing.
Naturally magnetic, this Venus/Mars combination has clearly defined aspirations and high expectations of their closest relationships. In love, they give what they get, demanding and bestowing adulation and loyalty. The energy here is ‘see me for the rare and incomparable human that I am and worship me as I will worship you.’ We see this distilled in the lyrics to Kehlani’s song, “Everything,” where they confess, “your love’s too original /you are anything but conventional,” and promise, “I’ma keep you lifted/You so f***in’ gifted.”
Previously linked to Kyrie Irving, PartyNextDoor, Javie Young-White and YG, Kehlani has been dating girlfriend, Gemini, rapper, and Madonna collaborator 070 Shake since 2021. Elementally speaking, both Kehlani’s Mars and Venus are in fire signs and it comes as no surprise that their love letter to 070 Shake comes in the form of a song called “Melt.” The video for the track finds the lovers playing hide and seek, chasing butterflies, feeding each other and making out in a breezy laundry room. Enjoying creature comforts (Taurus) while showing the world (Leo) that you are madly, wildly in love (Aries) is a perfect exposition of Kehlani’s astrological energy.
A most beautiful bull, we wish them riches of the literal and metaphorical variety; uninterrupted Frappucino bliss, sold out shows, food they can eat with their hands, thundering orgasms and unrepentant joy.
Astrology 101: Your guide to the stars
Astrologer Reda Wigle researches and irreverently reports back on planetary configurations and their effect on each zodiac sign. Her horoscopes integrate history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience. She is also an accomplished writer who has profiled a variety of artists and performers, as well as extensively chronicled her experiences while traveling. Among the many intriguing topics she has tackled are cemetery etiquette, her love for dive bars, Cuban Airbnbs, a “girls guide” to strip clubs and the “weirdest” foods available abroad.
Everything may be right with your world at the moment but the current full moon warns that not everyone you deal with on a day-to-day basis is as happy with life as you are. What can you do to cheer them up? Make that your priority today.