Pianist

Sviatoslav Richter

Played an enormous repertoire from memory and, in later years, in near darkness with a single lamp on the score, so the audience would listen rather than watch.

Born1915-03-20, Zhytomyr, UkraineA Saturday
Died1997-08-01, Moscow, RussiaA Friday, aged 82
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1915-03-20, Zhytomyr, Ukraine · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Kievthe 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
SunPisces28°43′Direct
MoonTaurus20°06′Direct
MercuryPisces1°00′Direct
VenusAquarius15°48′Direct
MarsPisces8°32′Direct
JupiterPisces10°37′Direct
SaturnGemini25°49′Direct
UranusAquarius14°09′Direct
NeptuneCancer27°45′Retrograde
PlutoCancer0°09′Direct

This is Sviatoslav Richter's chart for 1915-03-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1997-08-01, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunLeo9°06′Direct
MoonCancer16°24′Direct
MercuryVirgo6°14′Direct
VenusVirgo10°33′Direct
MarsLibra22°11′Direct
JupiterAquarius18°03′Retrograde
SaturnAries20°21′Direct
UranusAquarius6°35′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn28°16′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius2°52′Retrograde

This is Sviatoslav Richter's chart for 1997-08-01, 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 Sviatoslav Richter 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
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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.