Bebop/hard bop jazz tenor saxophonist & composer

Benny Golson

Tenor saxophonist and composer of I Remember Clifford and Killer Joe, and a Jazz Messenger.

Born1929-01-25, Philadelphia, United StatesA Friday
Died2024-09-21, New York City, United StatesA Saturday, aged 95
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Leo
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1929-01-25, Philadelphia, United States · 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
SunAquarius5°15′Direct
MoonLeo10°52′Direct
MercuryAquarius23°16′Direct
VenusPisces21°34′Direct
MarsGemini21°00′Retrograde
JupiterTaurus2°01′Direct
SaturnSagittarius26°23′Direct
UranusAries4°16′Direct
NeptuneVirgo0°39′Retrograde
PlutoCancer16°56′Retrograde

This is Benny Golson's chart for 1929-01-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2024-09-21, New York City, United States · 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
SunVirgo29°09′Direct
MoonTaurus18°59′Direct
MercuryVirgo21°21′Direct
VenusLibra28°14′Direct
MarsCancer9°47′Direct
JupiterGemini20°49′Direct
SaturnPisces15°00′Retrograde
UranusTaurus27°05′Retrograde
NeptunePisces28°29′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn29°44′Retrograde

This is Benny Golson's chart for 2024-09-21, 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 Benny Golson 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.