Birth Chart

Charles Ludlam

Charles Braun Ludlam

Sun Aries

Moon Cancer

Ascendant Virgo

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Aries - 22°05' - in house 8

↣ Moon in Cancer - 24°46' - in house 11

↣ Mercury in Taurus - 01°23' - in house 8

↣ Venus in Taurus - 26°28' - in house 9

↣ Mars in Aquarius - 26°34' - in house 6

↣ Jupiter in Cancer - 16°44' - in house 10/11

↣ Saturn in Gemini - 09°16' - in house 9

↣ Uranus in Gemini - 02°14' - in house 9

↣ Neptune in Libra - 00°07' - in house 1 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Leo - 04°56' - in house 11 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Leo - 23°08' - in house 12

↣ Ascendant in Virgo - 23°14' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Gemini - 22°11' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Virgo - 20°44'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 8

↣ Moon in house 11

↣ Mercury in house 8

↣ Venus in house 9

↣ Mars in house 6

↣ Jupiter in house 10/11

↣ Saturn in house 9

↣ Uranus in house 9

↣ Neptune in house 1

↣ Pluto in house 11

↣ North Node in house 12

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon square (2°41' separating)

↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (9°18' separating)

↣ Sun and Mars sextile (4°29' applying)

↣ Sun and Jupiter square (5°20' separating)

↣ Sun and North Node trine (1°03' applying)

↣ Sun and Midheaven sextile (0°06' separating)

↣ Moon and Venus sextile (1°43' applying)

↣ Moon and Jupiter conjunction (8°01' separating)

↣ Moon and Neptune sextile (5°21' applying)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°01' applying)

↣ Moon and Ascendant sextile (1°31' applying)

↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (4°49' separating)

↣ Mercury and Pluto square (3°33' applying)

↣ Venus and Mars square (0°06' applying)

↣ Venus and Saturn parallel

↣ Venus and Uranus conjunction (5°46' applying) parallel

↣ Venus and Neptune trine (3°39' applying)

↣ Venus and North Node square (3°20' separating)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (5°44' applying)

↣ Venus and Ascendant trine (3°13' applying)

↣ Mars and Uranus square (5°41' applying)

↣ Mars and North Node opposition (3°26' separating) antiparallel

↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (4°23' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (4°00' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven parallel

↣ Saturn and Uranus conjunction (7°02' separating) parallel

↣ Saturn and Pluto sextile (4°20' separating)

↣ Uranus and Neptune trine (2°08' separating)

↣ Uranus and Pluto sextile (2°41' applying)

↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (4°49' separating)

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (9°23' applying)

↣ Neptune and Ascendant conjunction (6°52' applying)

↣ Pluto and Midheaven parallel

↣ North Node and Midheaven sextile (0°57' applying)

Birth data

Original name: Charles Braun Ludlam
Chart date: 12/04/1943
Chart time: 18:00
Date and time quality: C Rectified from approximate time what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Elmont (NY), USA
Latitude and longitude: 40°43' North · 73°42' West
Time zone: 04:00 West

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About

Charles Ludlam was an American actor, director, and playwright regarded as one of the leading innovators of U.S. theater in the second half of the 20th century. Trained at Hofstra University, he moved to New York in the 1960s and, after work with the Play-House of the Ridiculous, founded the Ridiculous Theatrical Company in 1967. That company established a style of staging characterized by irony, pastiche, and burlesque excess.

His work mixes high and popular culture, recycles icons from classic cinema, and uses elements of gay culture—particularly cross-dressing—to subvert social and artistic expectations. Ludlam wrote and mounted parodic reworkings of canonical texts (such as Hamlet) and produced original plays that blend mannered comedy with serious reflection on contemporary issues.

He began to receive critical recognition by the late 1960s, winning Obie Awards, grants, and institutional support. Among his best-known plays are Camille and The Mystery of Irma Vep, the latter famous for its rapid costume changes and for enjoying wide circulation in the decades that followed. His legacy endures in the tradition of the ridiculous theater and in influence on performance practices that combine camp, parody, and scenic invention.

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