An astrology reading published ahead of New York Fashion Week interprets Vogue veteran Anna Wintour’s birth chart as a profile of control, competitiveness and expansive taste, linking natal placements to her public persona and long-running influence in fashion.
Astrologer Reda Wigle, writing in a New York Post astrology column, noted Wintour was born Nov. 3, 1949, in Hampstead, England, and identified a Scorpio sun, an Aries moon, Mars in Virgo and Venus in Sagittarius as central features of the editor’s chart. Wigle’s analysis frames those placements as a blend of secrecy and aggression, meticulous standards and a taste for theatricality.
Wigle described Scorpio as lending a “magnetic albeit vaguely villainous air,” and linked the sign to Wintour’s famed sunglasses, which Wintour told the BBC in 2024 help her “see and … not see.” The astrologer characterized an Aries moon as compounding a drive to win, while Mars—ruler of Aries and traditionally of Scorpio—appears in Virgo in Wintour’s chart, which Wigle read as a demand for perfection.
The astrology column tied those placements to aspects of Wintour’s career. Wintour became editor in chief of Vogue in 1988 and in recent years expanded her responsibilities at Condé Nast, holding leadership roles that have widened her influence across titles and events. Under her stewardship, the Met Gala became a global, star-driven cultural event, a transformation Wigle and the column highlighted as evidence of a Sagittarius Venus’s appetite for spectacle and inclusive aesthetics.
Wintour’s public reputation and the mythology around it also figured in the column. Critics and former colleagues have used stark language to describe her style of leadership: Tim Gunn compared her to Medusa; designer Ralph Rucci described her as “satanic” and blamed her for “so much personal evil and destruction”; and the late André Leon Talley called her “ruthless” and “incapable of human kindness” in his memoir. The 2003 novel and film The Devil Wears Prada, written by Lauren Weisberger, a former Vogue assistant, further cemented a narrative of a demanding, exacting boss that the astrology reading said aligns with a Scorpio sun/Aries moon archetype.
Wigle’s interpretation emphasized how those chart placements might manifest in behavior. Mars in Virgo, the astrologer argued, produces a capacity to spot potential and fault and to demand excellence without effusive praise; an Aries moon fuels competitive intensity, while Scorpio’s reputation for secrecy corresponds with Wintour’s guarded public demeanor. Wigle quoted Wintour’s own remarks on decision-making and leadership from a MasterClass segment: “You need to be direct, you need to be honest, and you need to be very clear about what it is you want to do with your life. You can’t be everything to everybody.”
The column also pointed to examples of Wintour’s influence on fashion’s public face. The Met Gala under her direction has produced widely discussed moments and elaborate red-carpet statements — instances Wigle used to illustrate a Venus in Sagittarius tendency toward theatrical, expansive aesthetics, naming past looks that drew attention and conversation.
Wigle’s piece did not present astrology as a literal explanation for Wintour’s career, but framed the chart as a narrative lens through which to read public actions and persona. The column noted that in June, Wintour announced she was stepping away from her role as Vogue’s editor in chief while remaining in leadership positions at Condé Nast and as Vogue’s global editorial director, a change Wigle described in keeping with a figure who “seethes but never cedes.”
Wintour’s approach to public image has long courted interpretation. She is known for shielding her eyes with large dark glasses even at ceremonial events, a choice she defended to the BBC in 2024 as both functional and theatrical. Observers have alternately portrayed her as an architect of fashion’s public rituals and as an intimidating gatekeeper. The astrology column situates those divergent readings within a chart-centered metaphor: strategic, competitive and exacting, yet drawn to spectacle and global reach.
Analysts and commentators differ on how much weight to give astrological readings in explaining real-world behavior. Wigle’s report represents one interpretation among many that attempt to connect natal charts and public lives. The column combines astrological definitions and pop-culture touchstones to argue that the chart’s themes—control, competition, exacting standards and appetite for showmanship—map onto decades of Wintour’s editorial decisions and public moments.
Wigle, who describes her work as blending history, poetry, pop culture and personal experience, offered the reading as cultural commentary timed to the start of New York Fashion Week. The astrology column concluded that the placements it identified help explain both Wintour’s effectiveness in building institutions and the polarized perceptions of her personality, leaving interpretation to readers who weigh astrological frameworks alongside public record and testimony from fashion-world figures.