Musician
Martin Carthy
English folk guitarist whose arrangement of Scarborough Fair reached Paul Simon, and a foundational figure of the revival.
Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, as well as later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.
- Born
- 1941-05-21, Hatfield, EnglandA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1941-05-21, Hatfield, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 29°56′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 7°38′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 16°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 8°25′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 3°30′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 28°47′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 19°36′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 26°24′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 24°58′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°18′ | Direct |
Martin Carthy is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Martin Carthy was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
