Composer

Johannes Brahms

Took twenty-one years over his first symphony because Beethoven's nine were behind him. He burned most of what he judged unworthy, so what survives is what he meant to survive.

Born1833-05-07, Hamburg, GermanyA Tuesday
Died1897-04-03, Vienna, AustriaA Saturday, aged 63
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1833-05-07, Hamburg, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunTaurus16°36′Direct
MoonSagittarius28°34′Direct
MercuryAries22°06′Direct
VenusGemini1°47′Retrograde
MarsCancer16°43′Direct
JupiterAries20°12′Direct
SaturnVirgo21°28′Retrograde
UranusAquarius22°23′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn29°23′Retrograde
PlutoAries12°01′Direct

This is Johannes Brahms's chart for 1833-05-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1897-04-03, Vienna, Austria · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Viennathe 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
SunAries13°57′Direct
MoonAries27°59′Direct
MercuryAries15°21′Direct
VenusTaurus16°36′Direct
MarsCancer5°57′Direct
JupiterVirgo1°01′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius0°16′Retrograde
UranusScorpio28°38′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini17°51′Direct
PlutoGemini12°00′Direct

This is Johannes Brahms's chart for 1897-04-03, 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 Johannes Brahms 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
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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.