Choreographer

Alvin Ailey

Founded a company that put Black dancers and Black experience at the centre of American modern dance, and made Revelations, which is still performed constantly.

Born1931-01-05, Rogers, Texas, USAA Monday
Died1989-12-01, New York, New York, USAA Friday, aged 58
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1931-01-05, Rogers, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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°27′Direct
MoonLeo0°54′Direct
MercuryCapricorn15°22′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius1°18′Direct
MarsLeo14°34′Retrograde
JupiterCancer15°36′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn14°16′Direct
UranusAries11°32′Direct
NeptuneVirgo5°34′Retrograde
PlutoCancer19°54′Retrograde

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

Death Chart

1989-12-01, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunSagittarius9°29′Direct
MoonCapricorn16°56′Direct
MercurySagittarius21°01′Direct
VenusCapricorn24°06′Direct
MarsScorpio18°36′Direct
JupiterCancer9°02′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn12°09′Direct
UranusCapricorn3°58′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn10°55′Direct
PlutoScorpio16°04′Direct

This is Alvin Ailey's chart for 1989-12-01, 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 Alvin Ailey 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.