Photographer & director

Gordon Parks

The first Black photographer at Life, and the first to direct a major Hollywood studio film. He also wrote novels and composed music.

Born1912-11-30, Fort Scott, Kansas, USAA Saturday
Died2006-03-07, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 93
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1912-11-30, Fort Scott, Kansas, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunSagittarius8°11′Direct
MoonLeo28°52′Direct
MercurySagittarius24°25′Retrograde
VenusCapricorn15°16′Direct
MarsSagittarius0°18′Direct
JupiterSagittarius22°28′Direct
SaturnGemini0°00′Retrograde
UranusAquarius0°38′Direct
NeptuneCancer25°44′Retrograde
PlutoGemini29°26′Retrograde

This is Gordon Parks's chart for 1912-11-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2006-03-07, 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
SunPisces16°58′Direct
MoonGemini27°04′Direct
MercuryPisces25°10′Retrograde
VenusAquarius1°53′Direct
MarsGemini9°09′Direct
JupiterScorpio18°50′Retrograde
SaturnLeo5°07′Retrograde
UranusPisces11°04′Direct
NeptuneAquarius18°22′Direct
PlutoSagittarius26°37′Direct

This is Gordon Parks's chart for 2006-03-07, 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 Gordon Parks 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.