Teacher & conductor

Nadia Boulanger

Taught Copland, Piazzolla, Quincy Jones, Philip Glass and hundreds of others across seventy years, and was the first woman to conduct several major orchestras.

Born1887-09-16, Paris, FranceA Friday
Died1979-10-22, Paris, FranceA Monday, aged 92
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1887-09-16, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunVirgo23°16′Direct
MoonVirgo7°56′Direct
MercuryVirgo28°09′Direct
VenusLibra1°24′Retrograde
MarsLeo12°51′Direct
JupiterScorpio5°09′Direct
SaturnLeo3°11′Direct
UranusLibra11°38′Direct
NeptuneGemini0°02′Retrograde
PlutoGemini4°59′Retrograde

This is Nadia Boulanger's chart for 1887-09-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1979-10-22, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunLibra28°26′Direct
MoonScorpio14°01′Direct
MercuryScorpio21°11′Direct
VenusScorpio13°45′Direct
MarsLeo15°46′Direct
JupiterVirgo4°12′Direct
SaturnVirgo22°17′Direct
UranusScorpio19°54′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius18°27′Direct
PlutoLibra19°30′Direct

This is Nadia Boulanger's chart for 1979-10-22, 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 Nadia Boulanger 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.