Singer

Aretha Franklin

Learned to sing in her father's church in Detroit and took gospel phrasing into everything afterwards. Respect was a cover; nobody remembers whose.

Born1942-03-25, Memphis, United StatesA Wednesday
Died2018-08-16, Detroit, United StatesA Thursday, aged 76
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Cancer
TimezonesAmerica/Chicago · America/DetroitHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1942-03-25, Memphis, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicago

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries4°24′Direct
MoonCancer12°11′Direct
MercuryPisces12°26′Direct
VenusAquarius19°46′Direct
MarsGemini10°54′Direct
JupiterGemini15°00′Direct
SaturnTaurus24°53′Direct
UranusTaurus27°24′Direct
NeptuneVirgo28°20′Retrograde
PlutoLeo3°33′Retrograde

Death Chart

2018-08-16, Detroit, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Detroit

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo23°44′Direct
MoonScorpio3°56′Direct
MercuryLeo11°54′Retrograde
VenusLibra9°38′Direct
MarsCapricorn29°24′Retrograde
JupiterScorpio15°19′Direct
SaturnCapricorn2°53′Retrograde
UranusTaurus2°31′Retrograde
NeptunePisces15°40′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn19°13′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Aretha Franklin 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.