Louis Armstrong’s birth chart
Jazz musicianBorn August 4, 1901, New Orleans, Louisiana, United StatesDied July 6, 1971
Big-hearted and bright.
- SunLeoThe Bright One
- MoonAriesThe Quick Flame
- VenusVirgoThe Quiet Romantic
What his chart says about him
Who he was
Sun in Leo, the Bright One
Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well. The wish to shine and the wish to be careful needed steady adjusting: he moved forward a step, then checked it.
The Sun quincunx Saturn (almost exact at 0.6°)
What he needed
Moon in Aries, the Quick Flame
Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.
How he loved
Venus in Virgo, the Quiet Romantic
Shows love through care, help and attention to small things. Affection came to him with generosity attached: his heart and his optimism helped each other.
Venus trine Jupiter (close at 3.0°)
How he thought
Mercury in Cancer, the Remembering Mind
Thinks with feeling and remembers everything that mattered. Speaks kindly and reads between the lines.
What drove him
Mars in Libra, the Negotiator
Persuasive rather than forceful. Wins people over and stands up hardest for what is fair. Quick and inventive in action: he moved fast, broke with habit and made sudden changes work.
Mars sextile Uranus (almost exact at 0.1°)
The sky the day he was born
The Moon
Louis Armstrong was born four days after a full Moon. At noon that day the Moon was 78% lit, in Aries. Tonight’s Moon
The day
It was a Sunday, 43 days after the June solstice.
Saturn return
For Louis Armstrong, Saturn came back to where it stood at his birth in 1960, at 58: his second Saturn return, after the first in 1930. When is yours?
Is yours here?
Signs that click with Leo
You and Louis Armstrong
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The chart
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The chart is cast for noon on the day, and everything shown here held all day long.
Louis Armstrong’s chart in full
Every planet, point, pattern and aspect
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What is Louis Armstrong’s zodiac sign?
Leo. Louis Armstrong was born on August 4, 1901, with the Sun in Leo, the Bright One. Big-hearted and bright. Brings warmth into a room and loves to see other people do well.
What is Louis Armstrong’s Moon sign?
Aries, the Quick Flame. Feels things fast and hot, and gets over them fast too. Needs action, honesty and room to move.
What is Louis Armstrong’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 4, 1901. Your own chart, cast from your birth time, gives yours.
What is Louis Armstrong’s Venus sign?
Virgo, the Quiet Romantic. Shows love through care, help and attention to small things.
How does your chart compare with Louis Armstrong’s?
Set your chart beside Louis Armstrong’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 Louis Armstrong’s Wikipedia article. The chart is cast for noon on the day.
Photo: World-Telegram staff photographer, 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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