Composer
Vangelis
Scored Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, improvised most of his music straight to tape, and could not read notation.
Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, mainly known professionally as Vangelis, was a Greek composer, arranger, performer and record producer. He released material of wide musical genres such as electronic music, progressive rock, ambient, and classical orchestral music. He is primarily known for his film scores, composing the Academy Award-winning score to Chariots of Fire (1981), as well as composing the scores of Blade Runner (1982), Missing (1982), Antarctica (1983), The Bounty (1984), 1492: Conquest of Paradise (1992), and Alexander (2004), and the 1980 PBS documentary series Cosmos: A Personal Voyage by Carl Sagan.
- Born
- 1943-03-29, Volos, GreeceA Monday
- Died
- 2022-05-17, Paris, FranceA Tuesday, aged 79
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- Greece
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1943-03-29, Volos, Greece · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Athensthe zone used then
Europe/AthensThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 7°52′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 12°52′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 1°54′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 9°08′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 15°41′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 15°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 7°54′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 1°36′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 0°29′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 5°00′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2022-05-17, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 26°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 13°46′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 3°04′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 16°56′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 24°21′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 1°13′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 24°58′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 15°29′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 24°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 28°31′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Vangelis 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.