Birth chart

Ray Charles

Musicians1930 – 2004Born 23 September 1930 · Albanytime 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.

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Sun

Virgo

Moon

Libra

Rising

Unknown

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

Chart wheel

Sun conjunct Mercury · orb 3°41′Sun square Saturn · orb 5°31′Venus trine Mars · orb 0°02′Venus trine Jupiter · orb 1°37′Venus trine Pluto · orb 4°60′Venus opposite Chiron · orb 2°44′Mars conjunct Jupiter · orb 1°35′Mars square Uranus · orb 1°50′Mars conjunct Pluto · orb 4°57′Mars sextile Chiron · orb 2°42′Jupiter square Uranus · orb 3°25′Jupiter conjunct Pluto · orb 3°23′Jupiter sextile Chiron · orb 1°08′Saturn trine Neptune · orb 1°06′Pluto square North Node · orb 3°02′Pluto square South Node · orb 3°02′Pluto sextile Chiron · orb 2°15′North Node sextile Lilith · orb 0°59′South Node trine Lilith · orb 0°59′Sun — Virgo 29°53′ · +0.98°/day29°53′Mercury — Virgo 26°12′ ℞ · −1.00°/day26°12′Venus — Scorpio 15°43′ · +0.89°/day15°43′Mars — Cancer 15°45′ · +0.57°/day15°45′Jupiter — Cancer 17°20′ · +0.13°/day17°20′Saturn — Capricorn 5°24′ · +0.02°/day5°24′Uranus — Aries 13°55′ ℞ · −0.04°/day13°55′Neptune — Virgo 4°18′ · +0.03°/day4°18′Pluto — Cancer 20°43′ · +0.01°/day20°43′North Node — Aries 23°45′ ℞ · −0.01°/day23°45′South Node — Libra 23°45′ ℞ · −0.01°/day23°45′Chiron — Taurus 18°27′ ℞ · −0.03°/day18°27′Lilith — Aquarius 24°43′ · +0.11°/day24°43′
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 Virgo

In the astrological tradition, the Sun is your core self, and in Virgo it grows through care, craft, and improvement. There's a pull toward making things better — noticing the detail others miss, being useful, getting it right. People often experience this as competent and quietly devoted, and sometimes as a harsh inner critic that never fully clocks off. The theme worth exploring is the difference between striving and self-criticism: one refines your work, the other just wears you down. Traditionally 'good enough' is read here as an act of self-respect rather than a lowering of standards — a resource to aim, not a failure to apologize for.

Moon in Libra

In the astrological tradition, the Moon describes your emotional needs — and in Libra those needs bend toward connection and calm. You feel most yourself in balance: an easy conversation, a fair arrangement, a room where no one is at odds. Beauty settles you, and so does knowing where you stand with someone. The soft spot is conflict. To keep the peace you may agree too quickly, tucking your own preference away until you are no longer sure what it was. Harmony matters, and it holds more when it includes you. The quieter practice here is keeping your own preference in the room even while you ease everyone else's out of tension.

The astronomy

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

Positions

BodySign & degree
SunVirgo 29°53′
MercuryVirgo 26°12′
VenusScorpio 15°43′
MarsCancer 15°45′
JupiterCancer 17°20′
SaturnCapricorn 5°24′
UranusAries 13°55′
NeptuneVirgo 4°18′
PlutoCancer 20°43′
North NodeAries 23°45′
South NodeLibra 23°45′
ChironTaurus 18°27′
LilithAquarius 24°43′

Aspects · sorted by strength

  • 0°02′
  • 3°41′
  • 1°35′
  • 0°59′
  • 1°06′
  • 5°31′
  • 1°50′
  • 1°37′

Chart emphasis

Elements

Earth50%
Water43%
Fire7%
Air0%

Leading: Earth

Modalities

Cardinal47%
Mutable40%
Fixed13%

Leading: Cardinal

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