Trumpeter & bandleader

Dizzy Gillespie

Co-invented bebop with Parker, brought Afro-Cuban rhythm into jazz, and played a trumpet bent upwards at forty-five degrees after somebody fell on it.

Born1917-10-21, Cheraw, South Carolina, USAA Sunday
Died1993-01-06, Englewood, New Jersey, USAA Wednesday, aged 75
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1917-10-21, Cheraw, South Carolina, 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
SunLibra27°43′Direct
MoonCapricorn3°45′Direct
MercuryLibra18°58′Direct
VenusSagittarius11°16′Direct
MarsLeo23°27′Direct
JupiterGemini10°46′Retrograde
SaturnLeo13°23′Direct
UranusAquarius19°49′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo7°00′Direct
PlutoCancer5°29′Retrograde

This is Dizzy Gillespie's chart for 1917-10-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1993-01-06, Englewood, 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
SunCapricorn16°24′Direct
MoonGemini22°17′Direct
MercuryCapricorn6°17′Direct
VenusPisces2°58′Direct
MarsCancer18°09′Retrograde
JupiterLibra13°55′Direct
SaturnAquarius16°57′Direct
UranusCapricorn18°00′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn18°34′Direct
PlutoScorpio24°46′Direct

This is Dizzy Gillespie's chart for 1993-01-06, 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 Dizzy Gillespie 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.