Civil rights leader

Martin Luther King Jr.

The minister who led the American civil rights movement. He was assassinated on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis.

Born1929-01-15 • 12:00, Atlanta, Georgia, USAA Tuesday
Died1968-04-04 • 19:05, Memphis, Tennessee, USAA Thursday, aged 39
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Pisces, Aries rising
TimezonesAmerica/New_York · America/ChicagoHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.
Birth-time sourceFrom memory / family: Rodden A

Birth Chart

1929-01-15 • 12:00, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

America/New_YorkAscendant Aries

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeHouseMotion
SunCapricorn25°05′10Direct
MoonPisces19°02′12Direct
MercuryAquarius11°41′11Direct
VenusPisces10°30′12Direct
MarsGemini21°54′3Retrograde
JupiterTaurus1°10′1Direct
SaturnSagittarius25°20′9Direct
UranusAries3°57′12Direct
NeptuneVirgo0°53′5Retrograde
PlutoCancer17°08′4Retrograde

Death Chart

1968-04-04 • 19:05, Memphis, Tennessee, USA

America/ChicagoAscendant Libra

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeHouseMotion
SunAries15°19′6Direct
MoonCancer2°57′9Direct
MercuryPisces26°36′5Direct
VenusPisces25°14′5Direct
MarsTaurus5°55′7Direct
JupiterLeo26°16′10Retrograde
SaturnAries15°21′6Direct
UranusVirgo26°24′11Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio26°09′2Retrograde
PlutoVirgo20°55′11Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Martin Luther King Jr. was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

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.