Cellist & conductor

Mstislav Rostropovich

Sheltered Solzhenitsyn and lost his citizenship for it, and played Bach at the Berlin Wall as it came down. More than a hundred works were written for him.

Born1927-03-27, Baku, AzerbaijanA Sunday
Died2007-04-27, Moscow, RussiaA Friday, aged 80
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1927-03-27, Baku, Azerbaijan · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Bakuthe 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
SunAries5°41′Direct
MoonCapricorn16°35′Direct
MercuryPisces13°54′Direct
VenusTaurus5°22′Direct
MarsGemini18°06′Direct
JupiterPisces16°03′Direct
SaturnSagittarius7°35′Retrograde
UranusPisces29°45′Direct
NeptuneLeo24°36′Retrograde
PlutoCancer13°46′Retrograde

This is Mstislav Rostropovich's chart for 1927-03-27, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2007-04-27, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunTaurus6°41′Direct
MoonVirgo11°19′Direct
MercuryTaurus0°03′Direct
VenusGemini17°38′Direct
MarsPisces16°04′Direct
JupiterSagittarius19°04′Retrograde
SaturnLeo18°12′Direct
UranusPisces17°25′Direct
NeptuneAquarius21°49′Direct
PlutoSagittarius28°47′Retrograde

This is Mstislav Rostropovich's chart for 2007-04-27, 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 Mstislav Rostropovich 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
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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.