Composer

Samuel Barber

Wrote the Adagio for Strings at twenty-six, which became the piece America plays when something terrible happens, and spent the rest of his life slightly overshadowed by it.

Born1910-03-09, West Chester, Pennsylvania, USAA Wednesday
Died1981-01-23, New York, New York, USAA Friday, aged 70
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1910-03-09, West Chester, Pennsylvania, 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
SunPisces18°15′Direct
MoonAquarius23°39′Direct
MercuryAquarius26°39′Direct
VenusAquarius15°32′Direct
MarsTaurus27°11′Direct
JupiterLibra12°16′Retrograde
SaturnAries21°31′Direct
UranusCapricorn24°08′Direct
NeptuneCancer16°38′Retrograde
PlutoGemini24°50′Retrograde

This is Samuel Barber's chart for 1910-03-09, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1981-01-23, 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
SunAquarius3°37′Direct
MoonVirgo14°12′Direct
MercuryAquarius18°28′Direct
VenusCapricorn15°32′Direct
MarsAquarius18°43′Direct
JupiterLibra10°23′Direct
SaturnLibra9°45′Retrograde
UranusScorpio29°23′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius23°49′Direct
PlutoLibra24°20′Direct

This is Samuel Barber's chart for 1981-01-23, 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 Samuel Barber 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.