Composer & bandleader

Duke Ellington

Wrote around a thousand pieces and treated his orchestra as the instrument, composing for the specific players in it. He kept the band on the road for nearly fifty years.

Born1899-04-29, Washington, D.C., USAA Saturday
Died1974-05-24, New York, New York, USAA Friday, aged 75
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1899-04-29, Washington, D.C., 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
SunTaurus9°08′Direct
MoonSagittarius29°13′Direct
MercuryAries16°19′Direct
VenusAries3°14′Direct
MarsLeo5°56′Direct
JupiterScorpio4°50′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius23°05′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius7°07′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini22°51′Direct
PlutoGemini14°22′Direct

This is Duke Ellington's chart for 1899-04-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1974-05-24, 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
SunGemini3°06′Direct
MoonCancer11°04′Direct
MercuryGemini23°15′Direct
VenusAries22°22′Direct
MarsCancer20°38′Direct
JupiterPisces14°54′Direct
SaturnCancer3°40′Direct
UranusLibra24°16′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius8°23′Retrograde
PlutoLibra4°10′Retrograde

This is Duke Ellington's chart for 1974-05-24, 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 Duke Ellington 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.