Archbishop & activist

Desmond Tutu

Won the Nobel Peace Prize for opposing apartheid without endorsing violence, then chaired the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, which chose testimony over trials.

Born1931-10-07, Klerksdorp, South AfricaA Wednesday
Died2021-12-26, Cape Town, South AfricaA Sunday, aged 90
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1931-10-07, Klerksdorp, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe 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
SunLibra13°10′Direct
MoonLeo15°50′Direct
MercuryLibra4°42′Direct
VenusLibra20°57′Direct
MarsScorpio13°40′Direct
JupiterLeo16°51′Direct
SaturnCapricorn16°50′Direct
UranusAries17°33′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo6°52′Direct
PlutoCancer22°06′Direct

This is Desmond Tutu's chart for 1931-10-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2021-12-26, Cape Town, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe 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
SunCapricorn4°50′Direct
MoonVirgo26°29′Direct
MercuryCapricorn19°51′Direct
VenusCapricorn25°28′Retrograde
MarsSagittarius9°08′Direct
JupiterAquarius29°28′Direct
SaturnAquarius11°18′Direct
UranusTaurus11°02′Retrograde
NeptunePisces20°34′Direct
PlutoCapricorn25°45′Direct

This is Desmond Tutu's chart for 2021-12-26, 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 Desmond Tutu 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
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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.