Composer & educator

Carl Orff

Wrote Carmina Burana, which is now unavoidable in advertising, and devised a music education method used in schools worldwide.

Born1895-07-10, Munich, GermanyA Wednesday
Died1982-03-29, Munich, GermanyA Monday, aged 86
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1895-07-10, Munich, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunCancer17°53′Direct
MoonAquarius26°33′Direct
MercuryCancer5°24′Retrograde
VenusVirgo3°24′Direct
MarsLeo18°22′Direct
JupiterCancer17°57′Direct
SaturnScorpio0°34′Direct
UranusScorpio15°56′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini16°43′Direct
PlutoGemini12°05′Direct

This is Carl Orff's chart for 1895-07-10, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1982-03-29, Munich, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunAries8°23′Direct
MoonGemini1°21′Direct
MercuryPisces25°29′Direct
VenusAquarius21°59′Direct
MarsLibra11°08′Retrograde
JupiterScorpio8°40′Retrograde
SaturnLibra19°44′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius4°27′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius27°02′Direct
PlutoLibra26°01′Retrograde

This is Carl Orff's chart for 1982-03-29, 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 Carl Orff 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.