Oral historian

Studs Terkel

Recorded thousands of ordinary Americans talking about work, war and the Depression, and won a Pulitzer for it.

Born1912-05-16, New York, New York, USAA Thursday
Died2008-10-31, Chicago, Illinois, USAA Friday, aged 96
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1912-05-16, 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
SunTaurus25°25′Direct
MoonTaurus22°32′Direct
MercuryAries29°51′Direct
VenusTaurus11°48′Direct
MarsCancer23°11′Direct
JupiterSagittarius12°28′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus23°46′Direct
UranusAquarius3°25′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer21°32′Direct
PlutoGemini27°42′Direct

This is Studs Terkel's chart for 1912-05-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2008-10-31, Chicago, Illinois, 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
SunScorpio8°38′Direct
MoonSagittarius9°08′Direct
MercuryLibra23°42′Direct
VenusSagittarius15°38′Direct
MarsScorpio18°55′Direct
JupiterCapricorn16°47′Direct
SaturnVirgo18°36′Direct
UranusPisces19°02′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius21°28′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius29°12′Direct

This is Studs Terkel's chart for 2008-10-31, 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 Studs Terkel 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.