Poet and memoirist

Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings was the first of seven autobiographies and made a childhood in the segregated South legible to people who had never considered it.

Born
1928-04-04, St Louis, United States
Died
2014-05-28, Winston-Salem, United States

Birth Chart

1928-04-04, St Louis, United States · time unknown, noon chart

Timezone America/Chicago

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries14°43′Direct
MoonLibra10°15′Direct
MercuryPisces20°17′Direct
VenusPisces21°37′Direct
MarsAquarius27°48′Direct
JupiterAries16°05′Direct
SaturnSagittarius19°05′Retrograde
UranusAries4°01′Direct
NeptuneLeo26°40′Retrograde
PlutoCancer14°59′Direct

Death Chart

2014-05-28, Winston-Salem, United States · time unknown, noon chart

Timezone America/New_York

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini7°14′Direct
MoonGemini5°56′Direct
MercuryGemini29°29′Direct
VenusAries29°31′Direct
MarsLibra9°29′Direct
JupiterCancer19°43′Direct
SaturnScorpio18°42′Retrograde
UranusAries15°21′Direct
NeptunePisces7°33′Direct
PlutoCapricorn13°08′Retrograde

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.