
Peter Gabriel is a singer, composer, poet born in Woking (United Kingdom).
Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, and human rights activist. He came to prominence as the original frontman of the rock band Genesis. He left the band in 1975 and launched a solo career with "Solsbury Hill" as his first single. After releasing four successful studio albums, all titled Peter Gabriel, his fifth studio album, So (1986), became his best-selling release and is certified triple platinum in the UK and five times platinum in the US. The album's most successful single, "Sledgehammer", won a record nine MTV Awards at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. A 2011 Time report said "Sledgehammer" was the most played music video of all time on MTV.
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| Born | 13 February 1950, Woking |
| Profession | singer, composer, poet |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
| Educated at | Charterhouse School |
| Spouse | Jill Georgina Moore, Meabh Flynn |
| Children | Melanie Gabriel, Anna Marie Gabriel, Isaac Ralph Gabriel, Luc Gabriel |
| Awards | MTV Video Music Award for Best Visual Effects, Ivor Novello Awards, MTV Video Music Award – Viewer's Choice, Genesis Award, Polar Music Prize, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grammy Award for Best Song Wr |
| Moon Sign (Rashi) | Sagittarius |
| Nakshatra | Purva Ashadha (Pada 3) |
| Sun Sign | Aquarius |
| Ascendant (Lagna) | Cancer |
| Birth data reliability | Reference |
Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Computed with Swiss Ephemeris (Lahiri ayanamsa).
Our library holds 147 musicians with a computed Vedic chart from reliable birth data. 11 of them (7%) have the Moon in Sagittarius, like Peter Gabriel, and 7 (5%) share the Purva Ashadha Nakshatra — the #4 most common Moon Nakshatra among musicians, where Anuradha leads with 10 (7%).
For scale, an even spread would put about 3.7% in each of the 27 Nakshatras and 8.3% in each Moon sign. These are simple counts from our dataset, not a prediction.
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Peter Gabriel was born on 13 February 1950 in Woking. Birth details come from a published reference (source: Web) and have not been checked against a birth record, so the Moon sign is usually right but the Ascendant could differ.
Peter Gabriel's Moon sign (Rashi) is Sagittarius and the Nakshatra is Purva Ashadha, pada 3, computed with Swiss Ephemeris using the Lahiri ayanamsa.
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