Bassist & composer

Charles Mingus

Wrote furiously political music and led bands by shouting at them mid-performance. He dictated his last compositions after motor neurone disease took his hands.

Born1922-04-22, Nogales, Arizona, USAA Saturday
Died1979-01-05, Cuernavaca, MexicoA Friday, aged 56
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1922-04-22, Nogales, Arizona, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Phoenixthe 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
SunTaurus1°50′Direct
MoonPisces12°54′Direct
MercuryAries29°37′Direct
VenusTaurus19°52′Direct
MarsSagittarius23°53′Direct
JupiterLibra11°44′Retrograde
SaturnLibra2°12′Retrograde
UranusPisces12°20′Direct
NeptuneLeo13°10′Retrograde
PlutoCancer8°07′Direct

This is Charles Mingus's chart for 1922-04-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1979-01-05, Cuernavaca, Mexico · time unknown, noon chart

America/Mexico_Citythe 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
SunCapricorn14°48′Direct
MoonAries18°17′Direct
MercurySagittarius25°30′Direct
VenusScorpio28°35′Direct
MarsCapricorn18°22′Direct
JupiterLeo6°27′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo13°48′Retrograde
UranusScorpio19°54′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius18°59′Direct
PlutoLibra19°08′Direct

This is Charles Mingus's chart for 1979-01-05, 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 Charles Mingus 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.

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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.