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.
Stephen Joshua Sondheim was an American composer and lyricist. Regarded as one of the most important figures in 20th-century theater, he is credited with reinventing the American musical. He received numerous accolades, including eight Tony Awards, eight Grammy Awards and five Olivier Awards. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1982 and awarded the Kennedy Center Honor in 1993 and the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2015.
- Born
- 1930-03-22, New York, New York, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 2021-11-26, Roxbury, Connecticut, USAA Friday, aged 91
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1930-03-22, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 1°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 7°40′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 21°54′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 12°08′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 4°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 10°17′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 11°09′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 10°45′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 1°26′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 17°27′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2021-11-26, Roxbury, Connecticut, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 4°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 25°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 3°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 17°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 18°25′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 24°50′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 8°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 11°55′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 20°24′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 24°56′ | Direct |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.