Pianist & composer

Thelonious Monk

Wrote Round Midnight and played with a sense of space and dissonance that took the rest of jazz twenty years to catch up with. He stopped performing entirely for the last six years of his life.

Born
1917-10-10, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, USAA Wednesday
Died
1982-02-17, Englewood, New Jersey, USAA Wednesday, aged 64
At birth
Sun in Libra, Moon in Leo
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1917-10-10, Rocky Mount, North Carolina, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♇℞♆♄♂☽☿☉♀♅℞♃℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra16°48′Direct
MoonLeo17°25′Direct
MercuryLibra0°45′Direct
VenusScorpio28°30′Direct
MarsLeo17°06′Direct
JupiterGemini11°21′Retrograde
SaturnLeo12°36′Direct
UranusAquarius19°57′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo6°51′Direct
PlutoCancer5°31′Retrograde

This is Thelonious Monk's chart for 1917-10-10, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1982-02-17, Englewood, New Jersey, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112☽♆♀☿☉♂♄℞♇℞♃♅ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius28°42′Direct
MoonSagittarius18°51′Direct
MercuryAquarius3°58′Direct
VenusCapricorn24°16′Direct
MarsLibra19°07′Direct
JupiterScorpio10°15′Direct
SaturnLibra21°58′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius4°26′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius26°36′Direct
PlutoLibra26°49′Retrograde

This is Thelonious Monk's chart for 1982-02-17, 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 Thelonious Monk 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.