Photographer

Robert Mapplethorpe

His work triggered a congressional fight over public arts funding in 1989, months after he died of AIDS at forty-two.

Born1946-11-04, New York, New York, USAA Monday
Died1989-03-09, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Thursday, aged 42
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1946-11-04, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunScorpio11°40′Direct
MoonPisces11°07′Direct
MercurySagittarius4°42′Direct
VenusSagittarius1°21′Retrograde
MarsScorpio28°31′Direct
JupiterScorpio8°37′Direct
SaturnLeo8°39′Direct
UranusGemini21°12′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra9°33′Direct
PlutoLeo13°20′Direct

This is Robert Mapplethorpe's chart for 1946-11-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1989-03-09, Boston, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunPisces19°06′Direct
MoonAries16°39′Direct
MercuryAquarius28°23′Direct
VenusPisces12°29′Direct
MarsTaurus28°59′Direct
JupiterTaurus29°47′Direct
SaturnCapricorn12°21′Direct
UranusCapricorn4°55′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn12°02′Direct
PlutoScorpio15°03′Retrograde

This is Robert Mapplethorpe's chart for 1989-03-09, 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 Mapplethorpe 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.