Pianist & bandleader

Count Basie

Led one of the great swing orchestras for almost fifty years, on a rhythm section so light and precise that it changed how big bands kept time.

Born1904-08-21, Red Bank, New Jersey, USAA Sunday
Died1984-04-26, Hollywood, Florida, USAA Thursday, aged 79
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1904-08-21, Red Bank, New Jersey, 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
SunLeo28°10′Direct
MoonCapricorn10°05′Direct
MercuryVirgo25°25′Direct
VenusVirgo10°24′Direct
MarsLeo4°13′Direct
JupiterTaurus0°12′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius16°50′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius26°02′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer7°29′Direct
PlutoGemini21°32′Direct

This is Count Basie's chart for 1904-08-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1984-04-26, Hollywood, Florida, 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
SunTaurus6°37′Direct
MoonPisces17°04′Direct
MercuryAries29°13′Retrograde
VenusAries23°14′Direct
MarsScorpio25°32′Retrograde
JupiterCapricorn12°56′Direct
SaturnScorpio13°34′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius12°55′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn1°16′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio0°34′Retrograde

This is Count Basie's chart for 1984-04-26, 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 Count Basie 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.