Singer, Songwriter, Reggae Icon · Aquarius · born February 6, 1945 in Nine Mile, Jamaica

Bob Marley made reggae a global form and used it as a political instrument, most directly at the One Love Peace Concert in 1978, where he brought the leaders of two warring Jamaican parties onto the stage to join hands. He died of melanoma at thirty-six.

Their Aquarius side

Aquarius conviction that a song could be a political act, and the willingness to test it.

Notable works

• Legend
• No Woman No Cry
• Redemption Song
• Exodus

Achievements

• Legend, the best-selling reggae album of all time
• Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee
• United Nations Peace Medal of the Third World
• Brought rival Jamaican political leaders on stage at the One Love Peace Concert

In their words

• “Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds.”
• “The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity.”

Birth chart facts

• Sun sign: Aquarius
• Moon sign: Scorpio or Sagittarius (the Moon changed signs on their birth date; the exact birth time would settle it)
• Life path number: 9 — The Old Soul
• Born on a Tuesday

Aquarius compatibility

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