Lyricist

Ira Gershwin

Wrote the words to his brother George's music, and kept writing with other composers for twenty-five years after George died at thirty-eight.

Born1896-12-06, New York, New York, USAA Sunday
Died1983-08-17, Beverly Hills, California, USAA Wednesday, aged 86
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1896-12-06, 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
SunSagittarius15°08′Direct
MoonCapricorn11°37′Direct
MercurySagittarius19°32′Direct
VenusCapricorn22°35′Direct
MarsGemini21°30′Retrograde
JupiterVirgo9°39′Direct
SaturnScorpio24°28′Direct
UranusScorpio26°01′Direct
NeptuneGemini19°00′Retrograde
PlutoGemini12°41′Retrograde

This is Ira Gershwin's chart for 1896-12-06, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1983-08-17, Beverly Hills, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunLeo24°18′Direct
MoonSagittarius20°24′Direct
MercuryVirgo21°35′Direct
VenusVirgo5°44′Retrograde
MarsLeo2°38′Direct
JupiterSagittarius1°38′Direct
SaturnLibra29°29′Direct
UranusSagittarius5°04′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius26°35′Retrograde
PlutoLibra27°11′Direct

This is Ira Gershwin's chart for 1983-08-17, 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 Ira Gershwin 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.