Singer & songwriter

Roy Orbison

Wrote ballads that ignored the standard song structure entirely and had a three octave range to carry them. He lost his wife and two of his children within two years.

Born1936-04-23, Vernon, Texas, USAA Thursday
Died1988-12-06, Hendersonville, Tennessee, USAA Tuesday, aged 52
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1936-04-23, Vernon, Texas, 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
SunTaurus3°21′Direct
MoonGemini3°53′Direct
MercuryTaurus17°34′Direct
VenusAries15°34′Direct
MarsTaurus15°56′Direct
JupiterSagittarius24°10′Retrograde
SaturnPisces18°40′Direct
UranusTaurus5°21′Direct
NeptuneVirgo14°15′Retrograde
PlutoCancer25°12′Direct

This is Roy Orbison's chart for 1936-04-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1988-12-06, Hendersonville, Tennessee, 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
SunSagittarius14°50′Direct
MoonScorpio15°06′Direct
MercurySagittarius17°49′Direct
VenusScorpio16°18′Direct
MarsAries8°38′Direct
JupiterTaurus29°14′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn2°37′Direct
UranusCapricorn0°14′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn8°59′Direct
PlutoScorpio13°45′Direct

This is Roy Orbison's chart for 1988-12-06, 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 Roy Orbison 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.