Musician & songwriter

Buddy Holly

Established the two guitars, bass and drums line-up as the standard rock band, in about eighteen months of recording. He died in an Iowa field at twenty-two.

Born1936-09-07, Lubbock, Texas, USAA Monday
Died1959-02-03, Clear Lake, Iowa, USAA Tuesday, aged 22
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1936-09-07, Lubbock, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo14°51′Direct
MoonGemini9°23′Direct
MercuryLibra11°37′Direct
VenusLibra4°03′Direct
MarsLeo18°06′Direct
JupiterSagittarius15°42′Direct
SaturnPisces19°27′Retrograde
UranusTaurus9°21′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo16°26′Direct
PlutoCancer28°12′Direct

This is Buddy Holly's chart for 1936-09-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1959-02-03, Clear Lake, Iowa, 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
SunAquarius14°10′Direct
MoonSagittarius22°43′Direct
MercuryAquarius6°41′Direct
VenusPisces4°17′Direct
MarsTaurus27°09′Direct
JupiterScorpio29°13′Direct
SaturnCapricorn3°09′Direct
UranusLeo14°19′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio6°57′Direct
PlutoVirgo3°26′Retrograde

This is Buddy Holly's chart for 1959-02-03, 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 Buddy Holly 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.