Singer & songwriter

Sam Cooke

Came out of gospel, more or less invented soul, and owned his own publishing and label, which was almost unheard of. He wrote A Change Is Gonna Come and was shot dead months later at thirty-three.

Born1931-01-22, Clarksdale, Mississippi, USAA Thursday
Died1964-12-11, Los Angeles, California, USAA Friday, aged 33
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1931-01-22, Clarksdale, 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
SunAquarius1°46′Direct
MoonPisces15°18′Direct
MercuryCapricorn7°57′Direct
VenusSagittarius15°23′Direct
MarsLeo8°54′Retrograde
JupiterCancer13°22′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn16°16′Direct
UranusAries11°53′Direct
NeptuneVirgo5°14′Retrograde
PlutoCancer19°32′Retrograde

This is Sam Cooke's chart for 1931-01-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1964-12-11, Los Angeles, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius19°49′Direct
MoonPisces14°58′Direct
MercuryCapricorn4°17′Retrograde
VenusScorpio20°43′Direct
MarsVirgo16°51′Direct
JupiterTaurus17°34′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius29°41′Direct
UranusVirgo14°48′Direct
NeptuneScorpio18°42′Direct
PlutoVirgo16°19′Direct

This is Sam Cooke's chart for 1964-12-11, 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 Sam Cooke 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.