Artist & photographer

Man Ray

Made photographs without a camera by laying objects on light-sensitive paper, and was central to both Dada and Surrealism.

Born1890-08-27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAA Wednesday
Died1976-11-18, Paris, FranceA Thursday, aged 86
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1890-08-27, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 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
SunVirgo4°19′Direct
MoonCapricorn29°05′Direct
MercuryLibra0°25′Direct
VenusLibra18°46′Direct
MarsSagittarius14°16′Direct
JupiterAquarius3°54′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo6°54′Direct
UranusLibra24°00′Direct
NeptuneGemini6°46′Direct
PlutoGemini7°52′Direct

This is Man Ray's chart for 1890-08-27, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1976-11-18, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunScorpio26°14′Direct
MoonLibra11°44′Direct
MercurySagittarius2°35′Direct
VenusCapricorn4°50′Direct
MarsScorpio28°11′Direct
JupiterTaurus26°06′Retrograde
SaturnLeo16°47′Direct
UranusScorpio8°38′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius13°02′Direct
PlutoLibra13°13′Direct

This is Man Ray's chart for 1976-11-18, 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 Man Ray 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.