Author & activist

Toni Cade Bambara

American writer of Gorilla, My Love and The Salt Eaters, and a community organiser.

Born1939-03-25, New York City, United StatesA Saturday
Died1995-12-09, Philadelphia, United StatesA Saturday, aged 56
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Taurus
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1939-03-25, New York City, United States · 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
SunAries4°09′Direct
MoonTaurus28°45′Direct
MercuryAries17°30′Retrograde
VenusAquarius23°21′Direct
MarsCapricorn2°26′Direct
JupiterPisces19°39′Direct
SaturnAries18°51′Direct
UranusTaurus15°24′Direct
NeptuneVirgo21°37′Retrograde
PlutoCancer29°17′Retrograde

This is Toni Cade Bambara's chart for 1939-03-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1995-12-09, Philadelphia, United States · 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
SunSagittarius17°08′Direct
MoonCancer15°57′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°14′Direct
VenusCapricorn15°04′Direct
MarsCapricorn6°56′Direct
JupiterSagittarius24°24′Direct
SaturnPisces18°16′Direct
UranusCapricorn28°10′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn23°54′Direct
PlutoSagittarius1°08′Direct

This is Toni Cade Bambara's chart for 1995-12-09, 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 Toni Cade Bambara 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.