Charlie Parker’s birth chart
Jazz saxophonistBorn August 29, 1920, Kansas City, Missouri, United StatesDied March 12, 1955
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind.
- SunVirgoThe Fixer
- MoonPiscesThe Tide
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Virgo, the Fixer
Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it. The self he showed the world and the self he came home to wanted different things, and he made room for both.
The Sun opposition the Moon (close at 1.9°)
What he needed
Moon in Pisces, the Tide
Feels the mood of a room from the doorway. Comfort comes from water, music, softness and kindness. His feelings ran deep and held steady: he came through hard times with more strength than he went in with.
The Moon trine Pluto (almost exact at 0.7°)
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things. Charm and desire worked together: he knew what he wanted in love and how to win it.
Venus sextile Mars (wide at 4.5°)
How he thought
Mercury in Leo, the Storyteller
Speaks with warmth and confidence and tells a great story. Thinks in big, bold ideas. Sharp words and a sharp mind: he argued well, sometimes too well, and a debate was a kind of sport to him.
Mercury square Mars (almost exact at 0.1°)
What drove him
Mars in Scorpio, the Strategist
Intense, strategic and relentless. Keeps a goal close and doesn’t let it go. He took on more than any one person could, and his boldness ran ahead of his plans.
Mars square Jupiter (wide at 4.4°)
The shape of his chart
In his chart, his identity, his heart, his optimism and his discipline (the Sun, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn) gather in Virgo, and that part of life drew his attention first. No air at all, so stepping back to talk a thing through took deliberate effort.
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Charlie Parker was born on the day of a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 100% lit, in Pisces. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, twenty-four days before the September equinox.
Saturn return
For Charlie Parker, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1949 and 1950, at 29: his first Saturn return. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Virgo
You and Charlie Parker
Would you have been friends? Would there have been a spark? See where your chart meets his, and the signs you share.
Or someone you know: a partner, a friend or a parent. Compare two charts
The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Charlie Parker’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
More with the Sun in Virgo
See allQuestions about his chart
What is Charlie Parker’s zodiac sign?
Virgo. Charlie Parker was born on August 29, 1920, with the Sun in Virgo, the Fixer. Sharp-eyed and quietly kind. Sees how a thing could work better and rolls up his sleeves to fix it.
What is Charlie Parker’s Moon sign?
Pisces, the Tide. Feels the mood of a room from the doorway. Comfort comes from water, music, softness and kindness.
What is Charlie Parker’s rising sign?
The rising sign needs the birth time to the minute, so this page leaves it out: everything on it held all day on August 29, 1920. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Charlie Parker’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Loves quietly and attentively. Shows care through thoughtful help and remembering the small things.
How does your chart compare with Charlie Parker’s?
Set your chart beside Charlie Parker’s and see how the two meet, area by area: as friends, in love, in how you talk, working together and under one roof. It is free.
Sources and credits
Date and place of birth: Wikidata, and Charlie Parker’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: William P. Gottlieb, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. The file and its full credit.
The planets placed from DE440, the ephemeris NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory publishes.
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