Pianist & composer

Jelly Roll Morton

Claimed to have invented jazz in 1902, which was an exaggeration, and was the first serious jazz composer, which was not.

Born1890-10-20, New Orleans, Louisiana, USAA Monday
Died1941-07-10, Los Angeles, California, USAA Thursday, aged 50
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1890-10-20, New Orleans, Louisiana, 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
SunLibra27°18′Direct
MoonCapricorn21°00′Direct
MercuryLibra10°37′Direct
VenusSagittarius10°20′Direct
MarsCapricorn18°05′Direct
JupiterAquarius3°07′Direct
SaturnVirgo13°20′Direct
UranusLibra27°05′Direct
NeptuneGemini6°22′Retrograde
PlutoGemini7°34′Retrograde

This is Jelly Roll Morton's chart for 1890-10-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1941-07-10, Los Angeles, 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
SunCancer18°08′Direct
MoonAquarius14°02′Direct
MercuryCancer6°43′Retrograde
VenusLeo10°07′Direct
MarsAries4°51′Direct
JupiterGemini10°11′Direct
SaturnTaurus25°23′Direct
UranusTaurus29°03′Direct
NeptuneVirgo25°13′Direct
PlutoLeo3°26′Direct

This is Jelly Roll Morton's chart for 1941-07-10, 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 Jelly Roll Morton 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.