Birth Chart
Bud Powell
Earl Rudolph Powell
Sun Libra
Moon Virgo
When the birth time is unknown, the chart is calculated for 12:00 noon without using the astrological houses system. Are the planets in the wrong houses?
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Libra - 04°13'
↣ Moon in Virgo - 18°41'
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 16°23'
↣ Venus in Leo - 19°06'
↣ Mars in Aquarius - 25°31'
↣ Jupiter in Sagittarius - 13°52'
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 01°28'
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 18°56' - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Leo - 21°41'
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 13°30'
↣ North Node in Leo - 22°26' - retrograde
Aspects
↣ Moon and Mercury conjunction (2°19' separating) parallel
↣ Moon and Jupiter square (4°49' separating)
↣ Moon and Uranus opposition (0°15' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (5°11' separating)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter square (2°31' separating)
↣ Mercury and Uranus opposition (2°34' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (2°53' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars opposition (6°25' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter trine (5°14' separating)
↣ Venus and Neptune conjunction (2°35' applying) parallel
↣ Venus and North Node conjunction (3°20' applying) parallel
↣ Mars and Saturn trine (5°58' separating)
↣ Mars and Neptune opposition (3°50' separating)
↣ Mars and North Node opposition (3°05' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus square (5°04' applying)
↣ Uranus and Pluto trine (5°26' applying)
↣ Neptune and North Node conjunction (0°45' applying) parallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Earl Rudolph Powell
- Chart date
- 27/09/1924
- Chart time
- No time
- Date and time quality
- XX Time not informed what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Harlem (NY), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 40°48' North · 73°57' West
- Time zone
- 04:00 West
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About
Earl Rudolph “Bud” Powell was an American pianist central to the development of bebop in the 1940s and 1950s. Known for his virtuosic technique and harmonic inventiveness, he earned the reputation of being “the Charlie Parker of the piano,” alongside figures such as Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie. His approach influenced generations of pianists and helped establish the piano as a solo instrument in modern jazz.
Over his career he recorded landmark albums — including series released by Blue Note, Verve and Norgran — that document both his work as a composer–improviser and live sessions and tributes to peers like Thelonious Monk. These records, many made between the late 1940s and the early 1960s, remain reference points for the rhythmic clarity and harmonic exploration typical of bebop.
Powell’s artistic life was marked by personal and health difficulties that interrupted his output and contributed to a shortened life. Even so, his musical legacy endures: his recordings and style remain reference points in the study of modern piano and continue to influence performers and scholars of jazz.
