- Hey, I'm Rita Ora,
and I am here with Glamour to get my star chart read.
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- [Monica] So this is your birth chart.
Your sun is in the sign of Sagittarius,
and sun is your identity,
what you're here to do.
- I'm glowing.
- And Sagittarius is all about I wanna be loud,
- Shine. - But I wanna tell the truth
and bring everybody with me.
- Preach. That's exactly what I'm like.
- And Venus is actually meeting your Midheaven
which is your career.
You are personable but you can also attract connections.
How have you attracted collaborators in your life?
- You know, for me,
before I even knew anything about my birth chart,
I always felt a sense of power
with my connection with people.
I'd like to think I'm good
at making people feel comfortable.
But I think it's because I, one, love to entertain.
I love music.
I feel like that's our biggest connection
without a language.
And I do believe in listening to each other.
I think that that's really important.
Not that my friends do that
because they all talk at each other.
It becomes like a crazy massacre of who gets heard first.
But in an ideal world,
it's like you and me,
you know what I mean?
Like chatting away.
So I think that's a big thing.
Let's talk about Taika.
- [Monica] Let's talk about Taika.
- My husband. - Okay.
- I'd love to know.
- Taika is a Leo, right?
- Fiery.
- [Monica] Fiery. August 16th?
- Yes.
- So as a Leo, right?
Leo is a fire sign and so are you.
With fire signs,
it's like a soulmate connection.
So the same element,
you just fire each other up, basically.
- We really do.
I think with Taika and I,
it was all very sort of self-explanatory.
Like we just fell into this incredible rhythm
and there was no effort.
And I felt really lucky
because we were friends a long time
before we decided to ruin everything.
No, I'm joking. [laughs]
Before we decided to go to the next level.
I think that had a lot to do with why we are so compatible.
Building that genuine friendship,
I think really changed a lot of things for me.
And we really uplift each other.
As fire signs,
there is so much presence in the room.
- [Monica] Yes, yes.
- That it's understandable
because we are very passionate people individually.
So together, it really just goes [makes sprinkler noise]
instead of it being like, "No, no, no."
It's actually like, "Oh my god, I get it.
"I'm the same."
"Oh my God, I get it too."
And then it just gets bigger
and it becomes this like massive flame.
I am really happy
that there's somebody that understands my rhythm as much
because we're very intense people,
creatively and personally.
We're really passionate about our ideas
and about this and that and that.
And sometimes it becomes like, "Whoa," for someone.
So it's really nice
to have somebody be as passionate as me.
- As you. Your first debut single, "Hot Right Now,"
February 13th, 2012.
So this is your chart.
And in astrology,
we got the North Node,
and it's the sign of fated events.
- Yeah, like it was fate I was born.
- And it was fated to happen,
and it was touching your Venus.
So it's abundance, opportunity.
Could you tell me, was this fated?
- When the song first came out,
I definitely felt like there was a shift going on
because first of all,
I never released music before and I always wanted to
so it was a really exciting time for me.
So this record,
for anyone that doesn't know,
it's a really fast record.
It's like drum and bass, super, super quick.
It definitely was popping off in the clubs in 2012.
And I was like in awe
because I did love a club when the song was coming out.
So I would go out with my friends,
and then the song would play,
and I'd just be like, "Wow, I can't believe it's me."
And I would look around
and everyone was just like going ham.
Like it was just really working.
So that's when you know.
I think when you've had a couple drinks,
and you can really test your music
'cause that's when people are like, "I'm feeling it,"
or like they're not feeling it.
And me and my manager, Sarah,
and my team took it upon ourselves to force this song out.
Maybe that was fate because it all aligned.
- And that's what the North Node is.
It's fated but you need to work for it.
Okay, this is actually the release
of your first debut album.
- Yes. - "Ora."
- Yes. - Yes, so-
- Summertime.
- But it's interesting because the North Node
which we talked about, the fated events,
was touching now, your Sun.
Now the sun is your identity, your purpose.
- Wow.
- So for this to be your own album,
not with someone else, did you feel you were able
to express yourself more authentically fully?
- Yeah, with my first album,
I felt like that was my moment to really make my mark.
I was all in.
I was like, "I need people to really know me for me,"
or like, I guess that's my Pisces coming in,
like, to like me.
- [Monica] Yes.
- So I really wanted to make a wave,
and I just thought the only way to do that was to be myself
and that was what I did.
- [Monica] Yeah.
- And I'm really happy that it paid off
because that album went number one,
and that was a really good year, 2012.
- The next one. - Oh, wow.
- [Monica] Feb 13th, 2015.
- Yeah, that was the first time I was involved
in a sort of big film franchise.
- Yeah, and the charts actually say
that Saturn was touching your Sun
which is your identity and purpose.
And for Saturn to be there,
it's either it brought heaviness, restriction,
and like an exhaustion.
- I was exhausted.
I mean the call times were like 4:00 AM.
- Exactly.
- I don't think I'm a morning person.
- [Monica] Yes.
- That's just the God's honest truth.
But that wasn't why I was exhausted.
I think it was because it was the first transition
into film, and I was really, really nervous.
- Yeah, I mean what Pisces is all about too
is like, boundaries.
So I'm wondering like, how did you learn
to kind of just enforce them more?
- I think by 2015,
I was in the industry now for like three years publicly.
I mean I've been working hard at it
since before I was in front of the cameras.
But 2015, I was kind of like, "Okay.
"What are we doing now in my work life?"
I wanted to really make like a prominent shift
where it was more like, "I'm not going anywhere."
I think that's a lot to do with my Sagittarius.
I was very adamant on staying dominant.
- Yeah.
- So I think that was around that time 2015 to 2018, 17.
- Yeah. - Second album.
Like that was time where things shifted.
- Saturn is actually, also,
while it's restriction,
is a planet of mastery.
So you're talking about wanting to make my mark.
And in a way,
how did you come to mastery of yourself and your craft?
- I think it was understanding
that I could do more than one thing.
That was a big deal for me.
I wanted to be that multifaceted person
like people I loved growing up,
Tina Turner, Cher, even Jennifer Lopez.
All these women that do more than one thing.
And I wanted to do it all.
And I think that was when I decided,
okay, I'm gonna do music and I'm gonna do film
because that's something I think I can handle.
- Yeah and you committed to it.
- And I really did commit to it and I still am.
You know, I'm still really passionate about film.
And so I think that's something that's really exciting.
- This day was when, "Phoenix," was released,
your second album.
You have Jupiter,
the planet of opportunity, abundance, expansion.
It was touching your Sun,
identity and purpose.
So in this day,
you couldn't have been more abundant.
And an abundance to who you are,
your purpose, your identity.
And that's, "Phoenix."
- So when my album came out in 2018,
and then I turned 28 three days later,
I was like at that point in my life
where I was thinking, "Oh my gosh,
"am I still young?"
I don't even know
because you're like at your late twenties, nearly 30.
And I think for a lot of women,
that's a big sort of jump.
My late twenties were not the smoothest
because I was just really going through a lot.
At that point,
my relationship life wasn't crazy great.
But I was really excited about my album.
You know, that was the only thing
that was giving me joy and hope at that time.
- Yeah, it's interesting that you say that
because a year after,
November, December, 2019,
you had your Saturn Return.
If you've heard of Saturn Return,
it's a coming full circle
to your life lesson, like adulthood.
- Well, thank God I put my album out then.
- [Monica] Exactly.
- I mean my second album did great, thankfully.
And the songs were being received really well,
and for some reason I didn't feel fulfilled,
and I didn't understand why.
And I was really kind of like searching for something,
and I had nothing to complain about,
and I dunno why I didn't feel fulfilled.
So I think that had a lot to do with my environment,
like kind of trying to find my perfect house to live in.
Like I wasn't like in my comfort.
And I think that's really important
to have a comfortable surrounding.
So now, I always travel with my lavender pillow,
and like my candle,
and all these things to feel settled.
- Let's look at today, January 30th, 2023.
So when I look at your chart,
a lot of the planets are actually here.
They're in the First House,
and the First House is all about the rising sign.
So the mask, your body,
and the way you want to be seen in the world.
Jupiter, abundance,
and it's an Aries now.
It hasn't been in Aries.
There's been like a shift
or a more like a reignition of passion
in terms of showing who you are,
and I'm wondering if that resonates with you.
- Yeah, it's crazy you say that
because with this third album,
I literally feel like a whole different person.
- Yeah. - The shift is real.
I used that word, "Shift," for two years.
And I said to everyone,
like we need to feel this shift.
Everything needs to be shifted right now.
Like everything from how I perceive myself
to how I dress now,
and how I feel like I live and am and be.
I need to put that in the music.
And I think that's why it really relates to the lyrics.
And that's why I think this album is a story
that you will discover once you listen to it.
I think I'm reinventing
as just a really grown up version of myself.
You know, I'm still fun,
I'm still vibrant,
I still think I'm funny.
But I'm a more grown-up version of that.
You know what I mean?
I like the idea of me being at this point now,
like I'm 32,
and I believe that what I'm creating
is the right thing for me.
So it makes me very proud of what I've done.
And I've always had a couple questions with my past stuff.
I loved 'em
but I've always been like, "What if other people don't?"
And with this one,
I'm less on, "What if other people don't?"
And I'm more just proud that I made it.
- One other thing I saw was Saturn,
Saturn is slowly coming into your First House.
So Saturn teaches you,
have some time for rest because Saturn can be tough.
- Yeah.
- And so how do you not doubt yourself?
- I don't like Saturn.
I don't like it anymore.
She really needs to go to bed.
It's really bringing reality into my life
that I'd rather not have. - She's here.
She's passing through your First House
in the next year.
- So she's just gonna be making the rounds?
- [Monica] She's gonna make the rounds.
- She needs to [beep] off.
- Yeah, I mean you can tell her that but she'll be there.
So the best way is to- - Is to accept it.
- [Monica] Be kind to Saturn.
- Yeah, you're right. Embrace Saturn.
- [Monica] Embracing it.
- I mean, I do have it tattooed on me
so I'm gonna have to accept it.
- Sure. - My birthday chart,
I'm definitely gonna tattoo on myself,
like mark my words.
You've heard it here first.
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