Musician

Ritchie Valens

Recorded La Bamba, a Mexican folk song set to rock and roll, and died at seventeen in the same crash as Buddy Holly. His whole career lasted eight months.

Born
1941-05-13, Pacoima, California, USAA Tuesday
Died
1959-02-03, Clear Lake, Iowa, USAA Tuesday, aged 17
At birth
Sun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1941-05-13, Pacoima, California, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus22°38′Direct
MoonSagittarius29°21′Direct
MercuryGemini1°41′Direct
VenusTaurus29°05′Direct
MarsAquarius28°23′Direct
JupiterTaurus27°00′Direct
SaturnTaurus18°38′Direct
UranusTaurus25°58′Direct
NeptuneVirgo25°02′Retrograde
PlutoLeo2°12′Direct

This is Ritchie Valens's chart for 1941-05-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1959-02-03, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112☽♄☿☉♀♂♅℞♇℞♆♃ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius14°10′Direct
MoonSagittarius22°43′Direct
MercuryAquarius6°41′Direct
VenusPisces4°17′Direct
MarsTaurus27°09′Direct
JupiterScorpio29°13′Direct
SaturnCapricorn3°09′Direct
UranusLeo14°19′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio6°57′Direct
PlutoVirgo3°26′Retrograde

This is Ritchie Valens's chart for 1959-02-03, 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 Ritchie Valens 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.

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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.