Musician

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Played distorted electric guitar in gospel in the 1940s and is now widely called the godmother of rock and roll. Presley, Berry and Little Richard all cited her.

Born1915-03-20, Cotton Plant, Arkansas, USAA Saturday
Died1973-10-09, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAA Tuesday, aged 58
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1915-03-20, Cotton Plant, Arkansas, 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
SunPisces29°03′Direct
MoonTaurus24°05′Direct
MercuryPisces1°20′Direct
VenusAquarius16°11′Direct
MarsPisces8°48′Direct
JupiterPisces10°42′Direct
SaturnGemini25°50′Direct
UranusAquarius14°10′Direct
NeptuneCancer27°45′Retrograde
PlutoCancer0°09′Direct

This is Sister Rosetta Tharpe's chart for 1915-03-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1973-10-09, Philadelphia, 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
SunLibra16°12′Direct
MoonPisces15°20′Direct
MercuryScorpio9°12′Direct
VenusSagittarius0°22′Direct
MarsTaurus6°28′Retrograde
JupiterAquarius2°29′Direct
SaturnCancer4°42′Direct
UranusLibra22°58′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius5°25′Direct
PlutoLibra4°44′Direct

This is Sister Rosetta Tharpe's chart for 1973-10-09, 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 Sister Rosetta Tharpe 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.