Playwright & actor

Sam Shepard

A Pulitzer for Buried Child, and an Academy Award nomination for The Right Stuff.

Born
1943-11-05, Fort Sheridan, USAA Friday
Died
2017-07-27, Midway, USAA Thursday, aged 73
At birth
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1943-11-05, Fort Sheridan, 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.

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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
SunScorpio12°24′Direct
MoonAquarius19°50′Direct
MercuryScorpio9°27′Direct
VenusVirgo26°12′Direct
MarsGemini21°42′Retrograde
JupiterLeo24°48′Direct
SaturnGemini25°58′Retrograde
UranusGemini7°48′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra3°13′Direct
PlutoLeo8°44′Direct

This is Sam Shepard's chart for 1943-11-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2017-07-27, Midway, 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

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
SunLeo4°48′Direct
MoonLibra0°12′Direct
MercuryVirgo1°51′Direct
VenusGemini25°27′Direct
MarsLeo4°36′Direct
JupiterLibra16°25′Direct
SaturnSagittarius21°49′Retrograde
UranusAries28°30′Direct
NeptunePisces13°50′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn17°42′Retrograde

This is Sam Shepard's chart for 2017-07-27, 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 Shepard 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.