Birth chart

Louis Armstrong

Actors1901 – 1971Born 4 August 1901 · New Orleanstime unknown

How sure are we about this chart?S5

Time unknown — no reliable birth time, so houses and the Ascendant are left out and the Moon is shown as a range.

Every figure gets a data-confidence rating for its birth time. Where the time is unknown, we compute a partial chart rather than guess. How we build this base

Sun

Leo

Moon

Aries

Rising

Unknown

The Ascendant needs an exact birth time, which we don't have for this chart.

Chart wheel

Sun sextile Mars · orb 1°18′Sun trine Uranus · orb 1°24′Sun square North Node · orb 6°59′Sun square South Node · orb 6°59′Sun square Lilith · orb 2°30′Mercury trine North Node · orb 3°53′Mercury sextile South Node · orb 3°53′Venus trine Jupiter · orb 2°57′Venus trine Saturn · orb 3°49′Venus sextile Lilith · orb 1°53′Mars square Saturn · orb 1°52′Mars sextile Uranus · orb 0°06′Jupiter opposite Neptune · orb 3°47′Jupiter conjunct Chiron · orb 4°08′Saturn sextile Lilith · orb 1°56′Uranus opposite Pluto · orb 5°20′Neptune opposite Chiron · orb 0°21′Sun — Leo 11°36′ · +0.96°/day11°36′Mercury — Cancer 22°29′ · +1.14°/day22°29′Venus — Virgo 7°14′ · +1.22°/day7°14′Mars — Libra 12°54′ · +0.61°/day12°54′Jupiter — Capricorn 4°16′ ℞ · −0.08°/day4°16′Saturn — Capricorn 11°03′ ℞ · −0.06°/day11°03′Uranus — Sagittarius 13°00′ ℞ · −0.01°/day13°00′Neptune — Cancer 0°30′ · +0.03°/day0°30′Pluto — Gemini 18°20′ · +0.02°/day18°20′North Node — Scorpio 18°36′ ℞ · −0.07°/day18°36′South Node — Taurus 18°36′ ℞ · −0.07°/day18°36′Chiron — Capricorn 0°08′ ℞ · −0.04°/day0°08′Lilith — Scorpio 9°07′ · +0.11°/day9°07′
AspectsAngles (ASC/MC)· Hover a planet or aspect for details

Positions from a Swiss-ephemeris engine · houses & angles omitted (time unknown)

Reading the placements

These notes describe the chart, not the person — a lens for reflection.

Sun in Leo

In the astrological tradition, the Sun rules Leo, so here it's at home: the self that wants to shine, create, and be recognized for what it brings. There's warmth, generosity, and a real need to express something that feels personally yours. Others often read this as confidence, sometimes as a hunger for the spotlight. The theme worth exploring is the source of your warmth: whether it comes from being seen or from the joy of creating whether or not anyone's watching. Your truest work tends to be the thing you would still make with no one watching and no applause waiting at the end of it.

Moon in Aries

In the astrological tradition, the Moon holds your emotional need — what calms you and helps you feel safe. In Aries that need turns active. You process feelings by doing something about them; sitting still with a mood can feel like being trapped. Warmth arrives quickly, irritation just as quickly, and both pass faster than most people expect. Astrologers read this placement as courage that wants an outlet and a nervous system that settles through motion. The trick is giving the heat somewhere to go before it aims at whoever is nearest. Given an outlet, that same heat can protect the people you love as easily as it might have flared at them.

The astronomy

The raw computed positions behind this chart — the same numbers any ephemeris would give.

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunLeo 11°36′
MercuryCancer 22°29′
VenusVirgo 7°14′
MarsLibra 12°54′
JupiterCapricorn 4°16′
SaturnCapricorn 11°03′
UranusSagittarius 13°00′
NeptuneCancer 0°30′
PlutoGemini 18°20′
North NodeScorpio 18°36′
South NodeTaurus 18°36′
ChironCapricorn 0°08′
LilithScorpio 9°07′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°21′
  • 1°24′
  • 0°06′
  • 2°30′
  • 1°18′
  • 1°52′
  • 6°59′
  • 6°59′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth33%
Fire27%
Air20%
Water20%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Cardinal53%
Mutable27%
Fixed20%

Leading: Cardinal

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