Musician

Walter Becker

Steely Dan, and a standard of studio precision nobody else attempted.

Born
1950-02-20, Queens, USAA Monday
Died
2017-09-03, Manhattan, USAA Sunday, aged 67
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aries
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1950-02-20, Queens, 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.

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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
SunPisces1°30′Direct
MoonAries14°03′Direct
MercuryAquarius7°24′Direct
VenusAquarius3°06′Retrograde
MarsLibra10°35′Retrograde
JupiterAquarius18°26′Direct
SaturnVirgo17°11′Retrograde
UranusCancer1°04′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra17°03′Retrograde
PlutoLeo16°39′Retrograde

This is Walter Becker's chart for 1950-02-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2017-09-03, Manhattan, 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
SunVirgo11°20′Direct
MoonAquarius10°14′Direct
MercuryLeo28°39′Retrograde
VenusLeo10°08′Direct
MarsLeo28°53′Direct
JupiterLibra22°29′Direct
SaturnSagittarius21°15′Direct
UranusAries28°08′Retrograde
NeptunePisces12°53′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn17°00′Retrograde

This is Walter Becker's chart for 2017-09-03, 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 Walter Becker 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.

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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.