Singer & bandleader

James Brown

Moved popular music from the one to the one, which is most of what funk is, and rehearsed his band with fines for wrong notes. He performed in Boston the night after King was killed and the city stayed calm.

Born1933-05-03, Barnwell, South Carolina, USAA Wednesday
Died2006-12-25, Atlanta, Georgia, USAA Monday, aged 73
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1933-05-03, Barnwell, South Carolina, 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
SunTaurus12°45′Direct
MoonLeo21°06′Direct
MercuryAries19°16′Direct
VenusTaurus15°53′Direct
MarsVirgo3°26′Direct
JupiterVirgo13°21′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius15°55′Direct
UranusAries24°28′Direct
NeptuneVirgo7°27′Retrograde
PlutoCancer21°24′Direct

This is James Brown's chart for 1933-05-03, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2006-12-25, Atlanta, Georgia, 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
SunCapricorn3°45′Direct
MoonPisces8°54′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°37′Direct
VenusCapricorn18°10′Direct
MarsSagittarius13°53′Direct
JupiterSagittarius6°53′Direct
SaturnLeo24°43′Retrograde
UranusPisces11°20′Direct
NeptuneAquarius17°55′Direct
PlutoSagittarius26°47′Direct

This is James Brown's chart for 2006-12-25, 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 James Brown 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.