Sting is being sued by his former bandmates in Police, Andy Summers and Stewart Copelamd, for what they claim are lost royalties from the hit Every Breath You Take. Sting’s representatives have responded with the claim that the band members may have been “substantially overpaid” royalties. The band split up in 1984 after seven successful years amid personal and musical animosity.
Sting, 2 October 1951 1.30am Wallsend, England, has a stellium in Libra with a quick-witted 3rd house Sun conjunct Saturn and a family-focused 4th house Moon conjunct Neptune. His Sun Saturn oppose Jupiter and square Uranus – giving him luck, an inventive and rebellious streak and a tendency to go his own way. He also has a flamboyant Pluto Mars conjunct in Leo in his 1st house so he’ll come across as a full-on personality.
He is facing a few unsettling months as tr Uranus squares his Mars in December the second half of March 2026. Mars Uranus can bring sudden jolts of insecurity with a tendency to provoke over reactions. His Mercury in late Virgo will also be triggered by the approaching Solar Eclipse and undermined by tr Saturn Neptune in opposition over the winter. Tr Neptune will continue on to oppose his Saturn in 2027/28 for a time of uncertainty.
Stewart Copeland, 16 July 1952 Alexandria, Viginia, the drummer, is a Sun Cancer with Jupiter (and Moon) in Taurus, the latter falling in Sting’s 10th for a good career combo. Though his dogmatic Mercury Pluto conjunction in Leo and South Node falling on top of Sting’s Mars Pluto would cause clashes. And his Jupiter square Sting’s Pluto may well have led to tussles for the upper hand.
Sting’s relationship chart with him is on edge with a separating tr Uranus square the composite Sun now and into 2026; with bad feelings rolling on through 2026/27 as tr Neptune opposes an ‘unfair treatment’ composite Mars Saturn conjunction.
Andy Summers, 31 December 1942, England, guitarist, has his Capricorn Sun falling in Sting’s performing 5th house which would help. But his Sun square Neptune clashing with Sting’s Sun Saturn in Libra would create distrust and suspicion. His ‘leadership’ North Node in Leo conjunct Sting’s Mars might also have led to divergent ambitions.
Summers’ relationship chart with Sting is less stressed though there will be sharp words through the winter and hard feelings through 2027/28.
Thanks Marjorie – a lot of cardinal energy in there if I counted right – Summers 6, Sting 5, Copeland 4. All three with Pluto in Leo and Neptune in Libra which is slightly surprisingly given Summers is a decade older. No wonder they argued – cardinals always want to be the leader!
Sting’s chart is fascinating with the Sun-Saturn and Moon-Neptune ten degrees apart in Libra. I guess that would count as a conjunction but I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like that. I suppose some of the 1990 Cap generation might have it and there’ll be a few coming up in the next year or two.
Shame there’s no times of birth for the other two as it would have been interesting to see a triple composite for them.