Singer & activist
Harry Belafonte
The first artist to sell a million copies of an album, and a civil rights organiser who bailed King out of jail and funded the movement for decades.
Harry Belafonte was an American singer, actor, and civil rights activist who popularized calypso music with international audiences in the 1950s and 1960s. Belafonte's career breakthrough album Calypso (1956) was the first million-selling LP by a single artist.
- Born
- 1927-03-01, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 2023-04-25, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 96
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Jamaica
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1927-03-01, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 10°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 10°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 26°58′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 3°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 4°00′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 9°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 7°26′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 28°18′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 25°12′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 13°55′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2023-04-25, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 5°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 10°43′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 14°46′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Gemini | 16°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 16°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 25°03′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 5°00′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 18°07′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 26°34′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 0°21′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Harry Belafonte 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.