Congresswoman

Barbara Jordan

Opened the Watergate impeachment hearings with a speech about the Constitution that is still taught as rhetoric. The first Black woman elected to Congress from the South.

Born
1936-02-21, Houston, Texas, USAA Friday
Died
1996-01-17, Austin, Texas, USAA Wednesday, aged 59
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1936-02-21, Houston, 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

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
SunPisces1°57′Direct
MoonAquarius17°39′Direct
MercuryAquarius5°35′Direct
VenusCapricorn29°28′Direct
MarsPisces29°40′Direct
JupiterSagittarius20°55′Direct
SaturnPisces11°29′Direct
UranusTaurus2°18′Direct
NeptuneVirgo15°46′Retrograde
PlutoCancer25°34′Retrograde

This is Barbara Jordan's chart for 1936-02-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1996-01-17, Austin, 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

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
SunCapricorn26°54′Direct
MoonSagittarius17°25′Direct
MercuryCapricorn29°33′Retrograde
VenusPisces3°07′Direct
MarsAquarius7°17′Direct
JupiterCapricorn3°13′Direct
SaturnPisces20°42′Direct
UranusAquarius0°19′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn25°18′Direct
PlutoSagittarius2°27′Direct

This is Barbara Jordan's chart for 1996-01-17, 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 Barbara Jordan 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.