Pianist

Art Tatum

Nearly blind and self-taught, he played with a technique that made Horowitz go and listen. Fats Waller once announced that God was in the house.

Born1909-10-13, Toledo, Ohio, USAA Wednesday
Died1956-11-05, Los Angeles, California, USAA Monday, aged 47
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1909-10-13, Toledo, Ohio, 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
SunLibra19°42′Direct
MoonLibra12°49′Direct
MercuryLibra17°24′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius1°32′Direct
MarsPisces26°12′Retrograde
JupiterLibra0°21′Direct
SaturnAries19°45′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn17°13′Direct
NeptuneCancer19°19′Direct
PlutoGemini26°50′Retrograde

This is Art Tatum's chart for 1909-10-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1956-11-05, Los Angeles, 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
SunScorpio13°23′Direct
MoonSagittarius20°33′Direct
MercuryScorpio9°04′Direct
VenusLibra6°01′Direct
MarsPisces17°24′Direct
JupiterVirgo24°43′Direct
SaturnSagittarius2°47′Direct
UranusLeo6°58′Direct
NeptuneScorpio0°38′Direct
PlutoVirgo0°16′Direct

This is Art Tatum's chart for 1956-11-05, 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 Art Tatum 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.