Blues musician

Robert Johnson

Recorded twenty-nine songs in two sessions and died at twenty-seven, leaving two photographs and a legend about a crossroads that he did not start.

Born1911-05-08, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, USAA Monday
Died1938-08-16, Greenwood, Mississippi, USAA Tuesday, aged 27
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1911-05-08, Hazlehurst, Mississippi, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus17°00′Direct
MoonVirgo26°04′Direct
MercuryTaurus12°14′Retrograde
VenusGemini24°46′Direct
MarsPisces11°27′Direct
JupiterScorpio8°43′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus10°42′Direct
UranusCapricorn29°20′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer19°10′Direct
PlutoGemini26°29′Direct

This is Robert Johnson's chart for 1911-05-08, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1938-08-16, Greenwood, Mississippi, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo23°08′Direct
MoonAries26°29′Direct
MercuryVirgo12°06′Retrograde
VenusLibra7°41′Direct
MarsLeo15°53′Direct
JupiterAquarius27°51′Retrograde
SaturnAries17°48′Retrograde
UranusTaurus17°47′Direct
NeptuneVirgo19°51′Direct
PlutoLeo0°20′Direct

This is Robert Johnson's chart for 1938-08-16, 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 Robert Johnson 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.