Composer

Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

A naval officer who taught himself orchestration well enough to write the textbook on it. He finished, corrected or reorchestrated most of his colleagues' major works.

Born1844-03-18, Tikhvin, RussiaA Monday
Died1908-06-21, Lyubensk, RussiaA Sunday, aged 64
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1844-03-18, Tikhvin, 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
SunPisces27°54′Direct
MoonPisces20°52′Direct
MercuryPisces9°41′Direct
VenusTaurus6°31′Direct
MarsTaurus9°52′Direct
JupiterPisces14°31′Direct
SaturnAquarius4°34′Direct
UranusAries1°58′Direct
NeptuneAquarius22°30′Direct
PlutoAries21°51′Direct

This is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's chart for 1844-03-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1908-06-21, Lyubensk, 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
SunGemini29°34′Direct
MoonAries1°46′Direct
MercuryCancer17°41′Direct
VenusCancer20°56′Retrograde
MarsCancer19°15′Direct
JupiterLeo12°31′Direct
SaturnAries9°22′Direct
UranusCapricorn15°33′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer14°00′Direct
PlutoGemini24°25′Direct

This is Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's chart for 1908-06-21, 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 Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 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.