Birth Chart
Herb Geller
Herbert Arnold Geller
Sun Scorpio
Moon Cancer
Ascendant Scorpio
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 09°58' - in house 12
↣ Moon in Cancer - 14°50' - in house 8
↣ Mercury in Libra - 23°49' - in house 11/12
↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 12°09' - in house 1
↣ Mars in Cancer - 08°40' - in house 8
↣ Jupiter in Taurus - 04°44' - in house 6 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Sagittarius - 16°55' - in house 1/2
↣ Uranus in Aries - 04°07' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 01°07' - in house 10
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 18°21' - in house 8/9 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Gemini - 00°37' - in house 7
↣ Ascendant in Scorpio - 22°46' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Virgo - 01°22' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Sagittarius - 05°19'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 12
↣ Moon in house 8
↣ Mercury in house 11/12
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 8
↣ Jupiter in house 6
↣ Saturn in house 1/2
↣ Uranus in house 5
↣ Neptune in house 10
↣ Pluto in house 8/9
↣ North Node in house 7
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon trine (4°52' separating)
↣ Sun and Mars trine (1°18' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter opposition (5°14' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars conjunction (6°09' separating)
↣ Moon and Pluto conjunction (3°31' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto square (5°28' separating)
↣ Venus and Mars antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn conjunction (4°46' applying)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (6°50' applying)
↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (3°56' separating)
↣ Mars and Uranus square (4°33' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune trine (3°37' applying) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven trine (3°22' applying) parallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Uranus and North Node sextile (3°30' applying)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°12' separating) parallel
↣ Neptune and North Node square (0°30' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°13' separating)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven conjunction (0°15' separating) parallel
↣ Pluto and Ascendant trine (4°25' separating)
↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (4°42' separating)
↣ North Node and Ascendant opposition (7°52' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven square (0°45' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Herbert Arnold Geller
- Chart date
- 02/11/1928
- Chart time
- 07:20
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Los Angeles (CA), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 34°03' North · 118°15' West
- Time zone
- 08:00 West
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About
Herb Geller was an American jazz saxophonist, composer and arranger whose career encompassed recordings, big bands and teaching. Emerging in the 1950s, he won DownBeat magazine’s “New Star” award in 1955 and reached an international audience through collaborations with figures such as Clifford Brown, while also leading sessions for the EmArcy label.
Raised on the Los Angeles scene and with a spell in New York, he worked with major ensembles and players on the jazz circuit — including Shorty Rogers, Maynard Ferguson, Bill Holman, Quincy Jones and Chet Baker. In Europe he settled in cities such as Paris and, above all, Hamburg, where he spent nearly three decades as a soloist, arranger and member of the NDR big band, helping to make it one of Europe’s most important modern jazz ensembles.
Beyond performing, Geller expanded his instrumental range, wrote musicals, authored an improvisation method and taught at the Hochschule für Musik in Hamburg, receiving the honorary title of “Professor” from the city’s Senate. His legacy includes landmark recordings, collaborations with key jazz figures and pedagogical influence on the twentieth‑century European jazz scene.
