Guitarist & singer

Ali Farka Touré

Malian guitarist whose playing revealed how close the music of the Niger bend is to the Mississippi blues, and a farmer for most of his life.

Born
1939-10-31, Kanau, MaliA Tuesday
Died
2006-03-07, Bamako, MaliA Tuesday, aged 66
At birth
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Gemini
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1939-10-31, Kanau, Mali · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Bamakothe 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
SunScorpio7°09′Direct
MoonGemini15°38′Direct
MercuryScorpio28°59′Direct
VenusScorpio21°41′Direct
MarsAquarius18°19′Direct
JupiterPisces29°52′Retrograde
SaturnAries27°03′Retrograde
UranusTaurus20°28′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo24°36′Direct
PlutoLeo2°54′Direct

This is Ali Farka Touré's chart for 1939-10-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2006-03-07, Bamako, Mali · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Bamakothe 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
SunPisces16°46′Direct
MoonGemini24°26′Direct
MercuryPisces25°18′Retrograde
VenusAquarius1°43′Direct
MarsGemini9°02′Direct
JupiterScorpio18°50′Retrograde
SaturnLeo5°07′Retrograde
UranusPisces11°03′Direct
NeptuneAquarius18°21′Direct
PlutoSagittarius26°37′Direct

This is Ali Farka Touré's chart for 2006-03-07, 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 Ali Farka Touré 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
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.