Choreographer

Merce Cunningham

Separated dance from music entirely, so the two were often heard together for the first time at the premiere. He worked with John Cage for fifty years.

Born1919-04-16, Centralia, Washington, USAA Wednesday
Died2009-07-26, New York, New York, USAA Sunday, aged 90
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1919-04-16, Centralia, Washington, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunAries25°43′Direct
MoonScorpio11°22′Direct
MercuryAries11°45′Retrograde
VenusTaurus29°24′Direct
MarsTaurus1°10′Direct
JupiterCancer8°51′Direct
SaturnLeo21°23′Retrograde
UranusPisces0°40′Direct
NeptuneLeo6°31′Retrograde
PlutoCancer4°42′Direct

This is Merce Cunningham's chart for 1919-04-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2009-07-26, New York, 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
SunLeo3°47′Direct
MoonLibra6°06′Direct
MercuryLeo17°12′Direct
VenusGemini23°49′Direct
MarsGemini10°06′Direct
JupiterAquarius24°27′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo18°48′Direct
UranusPisces26°22′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius25°39′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn1°11′Retrograde

This is Merce Cunningham's chart for 2009-07-26, 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 Merce Cunningham 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.