Film director

Akira Kurosawa

Thirty films over fifty-seven years. Seven Samurai has been remade, borrowed from and quoted so widely that its structure is now simply how such a film is built.

Born1910-03-23, Tokyo, JapanA Wednesday
Died1998-09-06, Setagaya, JapanA Sunday, aged 88
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Virgo
TimezoneAsia/TokyoHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1910-03-23, Tokyo, Japan · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Tokyo

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries1°36′Direct
MoonVirgo1°03′Direct
MercuryPisces18°38′Direct
VenusAquarius20°45′Direct
MarsGemini5°25′Direct
JupiterLibra10°41′Retrograde
SaturnAries23°06′Direct
UranusCapricorn24°37′Direct
NeptuneCancer16°32′Retrograde
PlutoGemini24°52′Direct

Death Chart

1998-09-06, Setagaya, Japan · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Tokyo

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo13°19′Direct
MoonPisces8°34′Direct
MercuryLeo26°52′Direct
VenusLeo29°09′Direct
MarsLeo10°26′Direct
JupiterPisces24°22′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus3°14′Retrograde
UranusAquarius9°31′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn29°42′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius5°25′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Akira Kurosawa 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.