Composer of minimalist music & pianist
Michael Nyman
British composer of the score for The Piano and of a long collaboration with Peter Greenaway.
Michael Laurence Nyman, CBE is an English composer, pianist, librettist, musicologist, and filmmaker. He is known for numerous film scores, and his multi-platinum soundtrack album to Jane Campion's The Piano. He has written a number of operas, including The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat; Letters, Riddles and Writs; Noises, Sounds & Sweet Airs; Facing Goya; Man and Boy: Dada; Love Counts; and Sparkie: Cage and Beyond. He has written six concerti, five string quartets, and many other chamber works, many for his Michael Nyman Band. He is also a performing pianist. Nyman prefers to write opera over other forms of music.
- Born
- 1944-03-23, Stratford, EnglandA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1944-03-23, Stratford, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 2°41′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 18°13′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 8°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 7°48′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 27°33′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 17°41′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 20°37′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 5°30′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 2°53′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 6°33′ | Retrograde |
Michael Nyman 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 Michael Nyman 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.