Saxophonist

Charlie Parker

Co-invented bebop and reset what a jazz soloist could do. He died at thirty-four, and the coroner examining the body estimated his age at somewhere between fifty and sixty.

Born1920-08-29, Kansas City, Kansas, USAA Sunday
Died1955-03-12, New York, New York, USAA Saturday, aged 34
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1920-08-29, Kansas City, Kansas, 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
SunVirgo6°01′Direct
MoonPisces7°57′Direct
MercuryLeo25°59′Direct
VenusVirgo21°37′Direct
MarsScorpio26°08′Direct
JupiterVirgo0°32′Direct
SaturnVirgo13°50′Direct
UranusPisces3°35′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo12°12′Direct
PlutoCancer8°36′Direct

This is Charlie Parker's chart for 1920-08-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1955-03-12, New York, New York, USA · 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
SunPisces21°20′Direct
MoonScorpio8°02′Direct
MercuryAquarius23°58′Direct
VenusAquarius9°06′Direct
MarsTaurus9°57′Direct
JupiterCancer19°54′Retrograde
SaturnScorpio21°03′Retrograde
UranusCancer23°46′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra27°46′Retrograde
PlutoLeo24°57′Retrograde

This is Charlie Parker's chart for 1955-03-12, 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 Charlie Parker 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.