Composer & musician
Terry Riley
Composer of In C, the piece usually taken as the start of musical minimalism.
Terrence Mitchell Riley is an American composer and performing musician best known as a pioneer of the minimalist school of composition. Influenced by jazz and Indian classical music, his work became notable for its innovative use of repetition, tape delay systems, and improvisation. His best known works are the 1964 composition In C and the 1969 album A Rainbow in Curved Air, both considered landmarks of minimalism and important influences on experimental music, rock, and contemporary electronic music.
- Born
- 1935-06-24, Colfax, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1935-06-24, Colfax, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 2°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 18°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 27°42′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Leo | 17°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 13°48′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 13°50′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces | 10°12′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 4°36′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 12°03′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 24°58′ | Direct |
Terry Riley is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Terry Riley 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.