Singer & guitarist
Stuart Adamson
Scottish guitarist of The Skids and then Big Country, whose guitars were made to sound like bagpipes.
William Stuart Adamson was a Scottish rock guitarist and singer. Adamson began his career in the late 1970s as a founder and performer with the punk rock band Skids. After leaving Skids in 1981, he formed Big Country and was the band's lead singer and guitarist. The group's commercial heyday was in the 1980s. In the 1990s, he was a member of the alternative country band the Raphaels. In the late 1970s the British music journalist John Peel referred to his virtuosity as a guitarist by calling him "a new Jimi Hendrix".
- Born
- 1958-04-11, Manchester, EnglandA Friday
- Died
- 2001-12-16, Honolulu, USAA Sunday, aged 43
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1958-04-11, Manchester, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 21°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 27°01′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 29°35′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Pisces | 4°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 18°30′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 27°31′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 25°40′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Leo | 7°32′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 3°45′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 0°00′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2001-12-16, Honolulu, USA · time unknown, noon chart
Pacific/Honoluluthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 25°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 19°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 1°43′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 18°10′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 5°50′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 12°39′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 10°24′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 21°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 6°57′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 15°28′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Stuart Adamson 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.
