Film director

Akira Kurosawa

Thirty films over fifty-seven years. Seven Samurai has been remade, borrowed from and quoted so widely that its structure is now simply how such a film is built.

Born
1910-03-23, Tokyo, JapanA Wednesday
Died
1998-09-06, Setagaya, JapanA Sunday, aged 88
At birth
Sun in Aries, Moon in Virgo
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1910-03-23, Tokyo, Japan · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Tokyothe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries1°36′Direct
MoonVirgo1°03′Direct
MercuryPisces18°38′Direct
VenusAquarius20°45′Direct
MarsGemini5°25′Direct
JupiterLibra10°41′Retrograde
SaturnAries23°06′Direct
UranusCapricorn24°37′Direct
NeptuneCancer16°32′Retrograde
PlutoGemini24°52′Direct

This is Akira Kurosawa's chart for 1910-03-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1998-09-06, Setagaya, Japan · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Tokyothe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♂☿♀☉♇♆℞♅℞☽♃℞♄℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo13°19′Direct
MoonPisces8°34′Direct
MercuryLeo26°52′Direct
VenusLeo29°09′Direct
MarsLeo10°26′Direct
JupiterPisces24°22′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus3°14′Retrograde
UranusAquarius9°31′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn29°42′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius5°25′Direct

This is Akira Kurosawa's chart for 1998-09-06, the day they died, cast the same way a birth chart is cast. Cast one for any recorded date. It predicts nothing: the date is one you already have.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Akira Kurosawa was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

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Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.