Pianist

Alfred Brendel

The first pianist to record the complete Beethoven sonatas, and did it three times. He also published poetry and essays, and retired from the concert platform at seventy-seven.

Born1931-01-05, Vizmberk, Czech RepublicA Monday
Died2025-06-17, London, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 94
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Cancer

Birth Chart

1931-01-05, Vizmberk, Czech Republic · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Praguethe zone used then

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn14°09′Direct
MoonCancer26°34′Direct
MercuryCapricorn15°45′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius1°05′Direct
MarsLeo14°38′Retrograde
JupiterCancer15°38′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn14°14′Direct
UranusAries11°32′Direct
NeptuneVirgo5°34′Retrograde
PlutoCancer19°55′Retrograde

This is Alfred Brendel's chart for 1931-01-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2025-06-17, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini26°30′Direct
MoonPisces9°24′Direct
MercuryCancer15°54′Direct
VenusTaurus11°29′Direct
MarsVirgo0°03′Direct
JupiterCancer1°43′Direct
SaturnAries1°23′Direct
UranusTaurus29°01′Direct
NeptuneAries2°05′Direct
PlutoAquarius3°24′Retrograde

This is Alfred Brendel's chart for 2025-06-17, 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 Alfred Brendel 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.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
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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.