Pianist

Van Cliburn

Won the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, at the height of the Cold War, and the judges had to ask Khrushchev whether they were allowed to give it to an American.

Born1934-07-12, Shreveport, Louisiana, USAA Thursday
Died2013-02-27, Fort Worth, Texas, USAA Wednesday, aged 78
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1934-07-12, Shreveport, Louisiana, 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
SunCancer19°38′Direct
MoonLeo0°25′Direct
MercuryCancer17°43′Retrograde
VenusGemini16°50′Direct
MarsGemini27°50′Direct
JupiterLibra14°45′Direct
SaturnAquarius27°16′Retrograde
UranusTaurus1°11′Direct
NeptuneVirgo10°18′Direct
PlutoCancer24°10′Direct

This is Van Cliburn's chart for 1934-07-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2013-02-27, Fort Worth, Texas, 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
SunPisces9°18′Direct
MoonLibra2°48′Direct
MercuryPisces18°22′Retrograde
VenusPisces2°04′Direct
MarsPisces20°13′Direct
JupiterGemini7°38′Direct
SaturnScorpio11°27′Retrograde
UranusAries6°51′Direct
NeptunePisces3°04′Direct
PlutoCapricorn11°05′Direct

This is Van Cliburn's chart for 2013-02-27, 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 Van Cliburn 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.