Blues singer

Ma Rainey

Called the Mother of the Blues, she was the first to bring the form onto the vaudeville stage and recorded about a hundred sides in five years.

Born1886-04-26, Columbus, Georgia, USAA Monday
Died1939-12-22, Rome, Georgia, USAA Friday, aged 53
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1886-04-26, Columbus, Georgia, 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
SunTaurus6°21′Direct
MoonAquarius11°40′Direct
MercuryAries13°14′Direct
VenusPisces20°15′Direct
MarsVirgo6°27′Direct
JupiterVirgo27°05′Retrograde
SaturnCancer4°01′Direct
UranusLibra4°25′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus24°32′Direct
PlutoGemini1°59′Direct

This is Ma Rainey's chart for 1886-04-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1939-12-22, Rome, Georgia, 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
SunSagittarius29°57′Direct
MoonTaurus12°50′Direct
MercurySagittarius9°26′Direct
VenusCapricorn26°46′Direct
MarsPisces21°41′Direct
JupiterAries0°10′Direct
SaturnAries24°26′Retrograde
UranusTaurus18°29′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo25°30′Direct
PlutoLeo2°26′Retrograde

This is Ma Rainey's chart for 1939-12-22, 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 Ma Rainey 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.