Musician & songwriter

Lou Reed

Led the Velvet Underground, whose first album sold very little and, as the saying goes, caused everybody who bought it to form a band.

Born1942-03-02, Brooklyn, New York, USAA Monday
Died2013-10-27, Southampton, New York, USAA Sunday, aged 71
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1942-03-02, Brooklyn, New York, 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
SunPisces11°26′Direct
MoonVirgo7°08′Direct
MercuryAquarius14°48′Direct
VenusAquarius6°34′Direct
MarsTaurus27°15′Direct
JupiterGemini12°26′Direct
SaturnTaurus22°58′Direct
UranusTaurus26°40′Direct
NeptuneVirgo28°58′Retrograde
PlutoLeo3°52′Retrograde

This is Lou Reed's chart for 1942-03-02, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2013-10-27, Southampton, New York, 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
SunScorpio4°23′Direct
MoonLeo11°51′Direct
MercuryScorpio15°37′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius21°17′Direct
MarsVirgo7°12′Direct
JupiterCancer20°19′Direct
SaturnScorpio13°03′Direct
UranusAries9°35′Retrograde
NeptunePisces2°39′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn9°20′Direct

This is Lou Reed's chart for 2013-10-27, 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 Lou Reed 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.