Composer & lyricist

Stephen Sondheim

Wrote the lyrics for West Side Story at twenty-five and then spent fifty years writing musicals about ambivalence, which is not what musicals were for.

Born1930-03-22, New York, New York, USAA Saturday
Died2021-11-26, Roxbury, Connecticut, USAA Friday, aged 91
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1930-03-22, 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
SunAries1°20′Direct
MoonCapricorn7°40′Direct
MercuryPisces21°54′Direct
VenusAries12°08′Direct
MarsPisces4°16′Direct
JupiterGemini10°17′Direct
SaturnCapricorn11°09′Direct
UranusAries10°45′Direct
NeptuneVirgo1°26′Retrograde
PlutoCancer17°27′Retrograde

This is Stephen Sondheim's chart for 1930-03-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2021-11-26, Roxbury, Connecticut, 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
SunSagittarius4°39′Direct
MoonLeo25°09′Direct
MercurySagittarius3°15′Direct
VenusCapricorn17°44′Direct
MarsScorpio18°25′Direct
JupiterAquarius24°50′Direct
SaturnAquarius8°38′Direct
UranusTaurus11°55′Retrograde
NeptunePisces20°24′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn24°56′Direct

This is Stephen Sondheim's chart for 2021-11-26, 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 Stephen Sondheim 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
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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.