Composer & pianist

Scott Joplin

The King of Ragtime, who wanted to be taken seriously as an opera composer and was not. The Entertainer became a hit again in 1973, fifty-six years after he died.

Born1868-11-24, Texarkana, Texas, USAA Tuesday
Died1917-04-01, New York, New York, USAA Sunday, aged 48
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1868-11-24, Texarkana, 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
SunSagittarius2°47′Direct
MoonPisces29°36′Direct
MercuryScorpio13°22′Direct
VenusLibra23°55′Direct
MarsLeo26°09′Direct
JupiterAries4°19′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius7°34′Direct
UranusCancer16°57′Retrograde
NeptuneAries14°46′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus15°45′Retrograde

This is Scott Joplin's chart for 1868-11-24, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1917-04-01, 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
SunAries11°23′Direct
MoonLeo6°04′Direct
MercuryAries14°33′Direct
VenusAries5°00′Direct
MarsAries4°38′Direct
JupiterTaurus9°25′Direct
SaturnCancer23°41′Direct
UranusAquarius22°25′Direct
NeptuneLeo2°07′Retrograde
PlutoCancer2°22′Direct

This is Scott Joplin's chart for 1917-04-01, 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 Scott Joplin 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.