Poet and memoirist
Maya Angelou
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was the first of seven autobiographies and made a childhood in the segregated South legible to people who had never considered it.
- Born
- 1928-04-04, St Louis, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2014-05-28, Winston-Salem, USAA Wednesday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Libra
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1928-04-04, St Louis, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 14°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 10°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 20°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 21°37′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 27°48′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 16°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 19°05′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 4°01′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 26°40′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 14°59′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2014-05-28, Winston-Salem, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 7°14′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 5°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 29°29′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 29°31′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 9°29′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 19°43′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 18°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 15°21′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 7°33′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 13°08′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Maya Angelou 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.