Musician
Earl Scruggs
The three finger banjo roll that everybody who plays bluegrass now uses.
Earl Eugene Scruggs was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music. His three-finger style of playing was radically different from the traditional way the five-string banjo had previously been played. This new style of playing became popular and elevated the banjo from its previous role as a background rhythm instrument to featured solo status. He popularized the instrument across several genres of music.
- Born
- 1924-01-06, Boiling Springs, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 2012-03-28, Nashville, USAA Wednesday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1924-01-06, Boiling Springs, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 15°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 17°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 28°18′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 14°06′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 21°35′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 9°15′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 1°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 14°25′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 19°52′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 11°14′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2012-03-28, Nashville, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 8°25′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 14°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 25°57′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Taurus | 24°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 5°24′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 12°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 27°31′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 4°44′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 1°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 9°31′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Earl Scruggs was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
