Blues singer
Bessie Smith
The Empress of the Blues and the highest paid Black entertainer of the 1920s. She died after a car crash in Mississippi at forty-three.
Bessie Smith was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often regarded as one of the greatest singers of her era and was a major influence on fellow blues singers, as well as jazz vocalists.
- Born
- 1894-04-15, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 1937-09-26, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USAA Sunday, aged 43
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1894-04-15, Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 25°41′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 0°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 28°35′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 10°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 12°54′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 2°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 21°31′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 14°04′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 11°34′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 9°18′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1937-09-26, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 3°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 26°49′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 16°07′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 1°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 27°35′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 17°44′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 1°35′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 13°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 19°14′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 29°51′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Bessie Smith was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.