Birth Chart
Harold Courlander
Harold Aaron Courlander
Sun Virgo
Moon Cancer
Ascendant Aquarius
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Virgo - 25°34' - in house 8
↣ Moon in Cancer - 12°13' - in house 5/6
↣ Mercury in Libra - 16°59' - in house 8
↣ Venus in Leo - 09°36' - in house 7
↣ Mars in Virgo - 16°20' - in house 7/8
↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 01°22' - in house 7
↣ Saturn in Aries - 07°37' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Capricorn - 12°56' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Cancer - 16°50' - in house 6
↣ Pluto in Gemini - 25°50' - in house 5
↣ North Node in Cancer - 01°19' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Aquarius - 14°33' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Sagittarius - 03°18' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aquarius - 29°08'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 8
↣ Moon in house 5/6
↣ Mercury in house 8
↣ Venus in house 7
↣ Mars in house 7/8
↣ Jupiter in house 7
↣ Saturn in house 2
↣ Uranus in house 12
↣ Neptune in house 6
↣ Pluto in house 5
↣ North Node in house 5
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mars conjunction (9°13' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn parallel
↣ Sun and Pluto square (0°17' applying)
↣ Sun and North Node square (5°45' applying)
↣ Moon and Mercury square (4°46' applying)
↣ Moon and Mars sextile (4°07' applying)
↣ Moon and Saturn square (4°36' separating)
↣ Moon and Uranus opposition (0°43' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Neptune conjunction (4°37' applying)
↣ Moon and North Node parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn opposition (9°22' separating)
↣ Mercury and Uranus square (4°03' separating)
↣ Mercury and Neptune square (0°09' separating)
↣ Mercury and Ascendant trine (2°27' applying)
↣ Venus and Saturn trine (1°59' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto parallel
↣ Venus and Ascendant opposition (4°57' separating) antiparallel
↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (6°18' applying)
↣ Mars and Uranus trine (3°24' separating)
↣ Mars and Neptune sextile (0°30' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto sextile (5°32' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node sextile (0°03' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (2°14' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven square (1°56' separating)
↣ Saturn and Uranus square (5°19' separating)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Saturn and Midheaven trine (4°20' applying)
↣ Uranus and Neptune opposition (3°54' separating)
↣ Uranus and North Node antiparallel
↣ Neptune and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Pluto and North Node conjunction (5°29' applying)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant trine (3°18' separating)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant antiparallel
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant trine (2°11' applying)
Birth data
- Original name
- Harold Aaron Courlander
- Chart date
- 18/09/1908
- Chart time
- 16:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Indianapolis (IN), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 39°46' North · 86°09' West
- Time zone
- 06:00 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Harold Courlander was an American novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist noted for his ethnographic research on African, Caribbean, African American, Native American, and Haitian cultures. The author of about 35 books and plays as well as numerous articles, he focused mainly on the study of oral literature, religious practices, music, and dance, recording oral traditions and field recordings that helped preserve little-documented popular repertoires.
His work on Haiti, including Haiti Singing (1939) and The Drum and the Hoe (1960), became a standard reference for the study of African survivals and Haitian cultural expression. Over several decades he made more than 20 trips to the country and led sound-documentation projects for the Ethnic Folkways Library, producing ethnographic albums from various world regions.
In the southwestern United States, his research with the Hopi resulted in the collection People of the Short Blue Corn (1970), valued in the study of Indigenous oral literature. He also worked in information agencies during and after World War II, including the Office of War Information and the Voice of America.
Courlander is remembered both for his scholarly and literary output and for his involvement in a copyright lawsuit against Alex Haley that sparked debate about influence and literary appropriation.
