Composer

Johann Sebastian Bach

Wrote sacred music weekly for decades as a working church musician, and was remembered mainly as an organist for a century after his death before the music was rediscovered.

Born1685-03-31, Eisenach, GermanyA Saturday
Died1750-07-28, Leipzig, GermanyA Tuesday, aged 65
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Pisces
TimezoneEurope/BerlinHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1685-03-31, Eisenach, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlin

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries11°20′Direct
MoonPisces1°31′Direct
MercuryPisces19°30′Direct
VenusPisces17°57′Direct
MarsSagittarius11°03′Direct
JupiterLibra18°28′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo11°46′Retrograde
UranusTaurus4°51′Direct
NeptunePisces3°06′Direct
PlutoCancer17°36′Direct

Death Chart

1750-07-28, Leipzig, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlin

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo5°06′Direct
MoonGemini6°13′Direct
MercuryCancer15°40′Direct
VenusGemini25°00′Direct
MarsLeo11°06′Direct
JupiterTaurus4°15′Direct
SaturnScorpio25°27′Retrograde
UranusAquarius24°11′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer27°40′Direct
PlutoSagittarius1°35′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Johann Sebastian Bach 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.