Bandleader & composer

Sun Ra

Claimed to be from Saturn, led a big band for forty years in costumes and electronics nobody else was using, and released about a hundred albums on his own label.

Born1914-05-22, Birmingham, Alabama, USAA Friday
Died1993-05-30, Birmingham, Alabama, USAA Sunday, aged 79
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1914-05-22, Birmingham, Alabama, 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
SunGemini0°46′Direct
MoonTaurus4°32′Direct
MercuryGemini7°15′Direct
VenusGemini25°46′Direct
MarsLeo10°44′Direct
JupiterAquarius21°41′Direct
SaturnGemini18°52′Direct
UranusAquarius11°36′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer26°00′Direct
PlutoGemini29°54′Direct

This is Sun Ra's chart for 1914-05-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1993-05-30, Birmingham, Alabama, 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
SunGemini9°17′Direct
MoonLibra5°12′Direct
MercuryGemini25°35′Direct
VenusAries23°58′Direct
MarsLeo16°46′Direct
JupiterLibra4°45′Retrograde
SaturnPisces0°14′Direct
UranusCapricorn21°43′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn20°47′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio23°42′Retrograde

This is Sun Ra's chart for 1993-05-30, 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 Sun Ra 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.