Photographer

Ansel Adams

Photographed the American West in black and white and devised the zone system, which is how photographers learned to control exposure. He was also a serious conservationist.

Born1902-02-20, San Francisco, California, USAA Thursday
Died1984-04-22, Monterey, California, USAA Sunday, aged 82
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1902-02-20, San Francisco, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunPisces1°16′Direct
MoonLeo9°32′Direct
MercuryAquarius27°10′Retrograde
VenusAquarius21°49′Retrograde
MarsPisces9°20′Direct
JupiterAquarius3°10′Direct
SaturnCapricorn23°28′Direct
UranusSagittarius20°46′Direct
NeptuneGemini28°45′Retrograde
PlutoGemini16°41′Retrograde

This is Ansel Adams's chart for 1902-02-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1984-04-22, Monterey, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunTaurus2°51′Direct
MoonAquarius0°47′Direct
MercuryTaurus1°48′Retrograde
VenusAries18°27′Direct
MarsScorpio26°28′Retrograde
JupiterCapricorn12°53′Direct
SaturnScorpio13°52′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius13°02′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn1°18′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio0°41′Retrograde

This is Ansel Adams's chart for 1984-04-22, 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 Ansel Adams 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.