Anti-apartheid activist

Steve Biko

Founded the Black Consciousness Movement and was beaten to death in police custody at thirty. The inquest found nobody responsible.

Born1946-12-18, King William's Town, South AfricaA Wednesday
Died1977-09-12, Pretoria, South AfricaA Monday, aged 30
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1946-12-18, King William's Town, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe 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
SunSagittarius25°53′Direct
MoonScorpio0°08′Direct
MercurySagittarius7°02′Direct
VenusScorpio19°02′Direct
MarsCapricorn0°43′Direct
JupiterScorpio17°49′Direct
SaturnLeo8°11′Retrograde
UranusGemini19°30′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra10°37′Direct
PlutoLeo13°07′Retrograde

This is Steve Biko's chart for 1946-12-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1977-09-12, Pretoria, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe 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
SunVirgo19°31′Direct
MoonVirgo7°23′Direct
MercuryVirgo7°19′Retrograde
VenusLeo17°38′Direct
MarsCancer6°54′Direct
JupiterCancer3°23′Direct
SaturnLeo24°10′Direct
UranusScorpio9°05′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius13°27′Direct
PlutoLibra13°07′Direct

This is Steve Biko's chart for 1977-09-12, 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 Steve Biko 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.