Painter

Helen Frankenthaler

Poured thinned paint straight onto unprimed canvas so the colour soaked in, which started colour field painting more or less overnight.

Born1928-12-12, New York, New York, USAA Wednesday
Died2011-12-27, Darien, Connecticut, USAA Tuesday, aged 83
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1928-12-12, 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
SunSagittarius20°27′Direct
MoonSagittarius25°48′Direct
MercurySagittarius17°12′Direct
VenusAquarius0°46′Direct
MarsCancer2°55′Retrograde
JupiterTaurus0°43′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius21°26′Direct
UranusAries3°28′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo1°21′Retrograde
PlutoCancer17°50′Retrograde

This is Helen Frankenthaler's chart for 1928-12-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2011-12-27, Darien, Connecticut, 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
SunCapricorn5°35′Direct
MoonAquarius13°18′Direct
MercurySagittarius14°19′Direct
VenusAquarius8°32′Direct
MarsVirgo19°00′Direct
JupiterTaurus0°22′Direct
SaturnLibra28°00′Direct
UranusAries0°46′Direct
NeptuneAquarius28°46′Direct
PlutoCapricorn7°10′Direct

This is Helen Frankenthaler's chart for 2011-12-27, 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 Helen Frankenthaler 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.