Songwriter and poet

Leonard Cohen

Published poetry and novels before picking up a guitar at thirty-three. Spent five years in a monastery, came back broke, and toured into his eighties.

Born1934-09-21, Montreal, CanadaA Friday
Died2016-11-07, Los Angeles, United StatesA Monday, aged 82
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces
TimezonesAmerica/Toronto · America/Los_AngelesHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1934-09-21, Montreal, Canada · time unknown, noon chart

America/Toronto

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo27°58′Direct
MoonPisces7°14′Direct
MercuryLibra17°33′Direct
VenusVirgo13°00′Direct
MarsLeo13°53′Direct
JupiterLibra25°53′Direct
SaturnAquarius22°29′Retrograde
UranusTaurus0°40′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo12°43′Direct
PlutoCancer25°48′Direct

Death Chart

2016-11-07, Los Angeles, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angeles

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio15°50′Direct
MoonAquarius15°55′Direct
MercuryScorpio22°34′Direct
VenusSagittarius24°45′Direct
MarsCapricorn28°58′Direct
JupiterLibra12°33′Direct
SaturnSagittarius15°06′Direct
UranusAries21°35′Retrograde
NeptunePisces9°17′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn15°22′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Leonard Cohen 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.