Drummer

John Bonham

The drummer in Led Zeppelin, and the reason a great deal of hip hop has the drum sound it has. The band broke up rather than replace him.

Born1948-05-31, Redditch, Worcestershire, EnglandA Monday
Died1980-09-25, Windsor, EnglandA Thursday, aged 32
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1948-05-31, Redditch, Worcestershire, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunGemini9°52′Direct
MoonPisces15°29′Direct
MercuryCancer2°43′Direct
VenusCancer11°01′Direct
MarsVirgo5°26′Direct
JupiterSagittarius25°54′Retrograde
SaturnLeo17°26′Direct
UranusGemini25°17′Direct
NeptuneLibra10°19′Retrograde
PlutoLeo12°51′Direct

This is John Bonham's chart for 1948-05-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1980-09-25, Windsor, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLibra2°31′Direct
MoonAries16°07′Direct
MercuryLibra23°43′Direct
VenusLeo19°13′Direct
MarsScorpio18°13′Direct
JupiterVirgo23°21′Direct
SaturnLibra0°29′Direct
UranusScorpio22°50′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius20°03′Direct
PlutoLibra20°55′Direct

This is John Bonham's chart for 1980-09-25, 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 John Bonham 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.