Clarinettist & bandleader

Benny Goodman

The King of Swing, whose 1938 Carnegie Hall concert made jazz respectable, and who integrated his own band years before that was safe.

Born1909-05-30, Chicago, Illinois, USAA Sunday
Died1986-06-13, New York, New York, USAA Friday, aged 77
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1909-05-30, Chicago, Illinois, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini8°38′Direct
MoonLibra19°05′Direct
MercuryGemini27°21′Direct
VenusGemini17°11′Direct
MarsPisces2°58′Direct
JupiterVirgo5°46′Direct
SaturnAries19°42′Direct
UranusCapricorn20°35′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer15°25′Direct
PlutoGemini24°55′Direct

This is Benny Goodman's chart for 1909-05-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1986-06-13, New York, New York, 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
SunGemini22°20′Direct
MoonVirgo0°22′Direct
MercuryCancer13°55′Direct
VenusCancer27°30′Direct
MarsCapricorn22°58′Retrograde
JupiterPisces21°31′Direct
SaturnSagittarius5°12′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius20°17′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn4°46′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio4°48′Retrograde

This is Benny Goodman's chart for 1986-06-13, 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 Goodman 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.