Birth Chart

John Cage

John Milton Cage Jr

Sun Virgo

Moon Gemini

Ascendant Virgo

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Virgo - 12°34' - in house 1

↣ Moon in Gemini - 25°15' - in house 10/11

↣ Mercury in Leo - 25°01' - in house 12

↣ Venus in Virgo - 29°23' - in house 2

↣ Mars in Libra - 01°50' - in house 2

↣ Jupiter in Sagittarius - 07°16' - in house 4

↣ Saturn in Gemini - 04°01' - in house 10

↣ Uranus in Capricorn - 29°59' - in house 5/6 - retrograde

↣ Neptune in Cancer - 25°14' - in house 11

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 29°58' - in house 10/11

↣ North Node in Aries - 12°47' - in house 8 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Virgo - 05°40' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Gemini - 03°04' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Leo - 28°52'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 1

↣ Moon in house 10/11

↣ Mercury in house 12

↣ Venus in house 2

↣ Mars in house 2

↣ Jupiter in house 4

↣ Saturn in house 10

↣ Uranus in house 5/6

↣ Neptune in house 11

↣ Pluto in house 10/11

↣ North Node in house 8

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Jupiter square (5°19' separating)

↣ Sun and Ascendant conjunction (6°54' applying)

↣ Moon and Mercury sextile (0°14' separating)

↣ Moon and Venus square (4°09' applying)

↣ Moon and Pluto conjunction (4°43' applying)

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (3°38' separating)

↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (4°56' applying)

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (3°51' separating)

↣ Mercury and Ascendant conjunction (10°39' separating)

↣ Venus and Mars conjunction (2°26' applying)

↣ Venus and Saturn trine (4°37' applying)

↣ Venus and Uranus trine (0°35' applying)

↣ Venus and Neptune sextile (4°09' separating)

↣ Venus and Pluto square (0°34' applying)

↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (3°40' separating)

↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (5°26' applying)

↣ Mars and Saturn trine (2°11' applying)

↣ Mars and Uranus trine (1°51' separating)

↣ Mars and Pluto square (1°52' separating)

↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (1°14' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Saturn opposition (3°15' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Uranus parallel

↣ Jupiter and Neptune antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and North Node trine (5°32' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant square (1°36' applying)

↣ Jupiter and Midheaven opposition (4°12' applying) antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Uranus trine (4°02' separating)

↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant square (5°08' applying)

↣ Saturn and Ascendant square (1°39' separating)

↣ Saturn and Midheaven conjunction (0°57' applying)

↣ Uranus and Neptune opposition (4°45' applying) antiparallel

↣ Uranus and Midheaven trine (3°05' separating) antiparallel

↣ Neptune and Midheaven parallel

↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°05' applying)

↣ Pluto and Ascendant sextile (5°42' separating)

Birth data

Original name: John Milton Cage Jr
Chart date: 05/09/1912
Chart time: 05:00
Date and time quality: AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Los Angeles (CA), USA
Latitude and longitude: 34°03' North · 118°15' West
Time zone: 08:00 West

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About

John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, and artist recognized as a central figure in the postwar avant-garde. A pioneer of aleatory and electroacoustic music, he became known for unconventional use of instruments — including the prepared piano — and for incorporating everyday sounds and silence as musical material.

His best-known work, 4'33", exemplifies the idea that the sonic environment and the audience’s participation are part of the piece, shifting the composer’s role and proposing a participatory experience. Asian influences, especially Zen Buddhism and the I Ching, guided his compositional processes of indeterminacy and chance from the 1940s onward.

Cage collaborated closely with choreographer Merce Cunningham and played a key role in the Fluxus movement, blurring the boundaries between music, poetry, and visual arts. His exploration of new modes of listening and his elevation of noise and silence left a lasting impact on experimental practice, electronic music, and performance art in the twentieth century.

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