Jazz pianist & composer

Bud Powell

The pianist who translated bebop to the keyboard, and one of its defining figures.

Born1924-09-27, New York City, United StatesA Saturday
Died1966-07-31, New York City, United StatesA Sunday, aged 41
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Virgo
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1924-09-27, 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
SunLibra4°15′Direct
MoonVirgo19°15′Direct
MercuryVirgo16°25′Direct
VenusLeo19°08′Direct
MarsAquarius25°30′Direct
JupiterSagittarius13°52′Direct
SaturnScorpio1°28′Direct
UranusPisces18°56′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo21°40′Direct
PlutoCancer13°30′Direct

This is Bud Powell's chart for 1924-09-27, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1966-07-31, 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
SunLeo7°59′Direct
MoonCapricorn29°59′Direct
MercuryLeo2°54′Retrograde
VenusCancer11°58′Direct
MarsCancer13°43′Direct
JupiterCancer18°55′Direct
SaturnPisces29°21′Retrograde
UranusVirgo17°26′Direct
NeptuneScorpio19°24′Retrograde
PlutoVirgo16°50′Direct

This is Bud Powell's chart for 1966-07-31, 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 Bud Powell 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.