Birth Chart
Laurindo Almeida
Laurindo de Almedia
Sun Virgo
Moon Pisces
Ascendant Gemini
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Virgo - 09°07' - in house 3
↣ Moon in Pisces - 18°32' - in house 10
↣ Mercury in Libra - 03°28' - in house 4
↣ Venus in Libra - 12°50' - in house 4
↣ Mars in Cancer - 23°32' - in house 2
↣ Jupiter in Gemini - 10°13' - in house 1
↣ Saturn in Leo - 08°44' - in house 2
↣ Uranus in Aquarius - 21°02' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Leo - 05°53' - in house 2
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 05°19' - in house 1
↣ North Node in Capricorn - 08°54' - in house 7/8 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 17°11' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Pisces - 26°46' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Gemini - 27°16'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 3
↣ Moon in house 10
↣ Mercury in house 4
↣ Venus in house 4
↣ Mars in house 2
↣ Jupiter in house 1
↣ Saturn in house 2
↣ Uranus in house 9
↣ Neptune in house 2
↣ Pluto in house 1
↣ North Node in house 7/8
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon opposition (9°26' separating)
↣ Sun and Jupiter square (1°06' applying)
↣ Sun and Pluto sextile (3°48' separating)
↣ Sun and North Node trine (0°13' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars trine (5°00' applying)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Moon and Ascendant square (1°21' applying)
↣ Moon and Midheaven conjunction (8°13' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (9°21' separating) parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (5°16' applying)
↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (2°25' applying)
↣ Mercury and Pluto square (1°50' applying)
↣ Mercury and North Node square (5°26' applying)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant square (6°12' applying)
↣ Mercury and Midheaven opposition (6°43' applying)
↣ Venus and Jupiter trine (2°37' separating)
↣ Venus and Saturn sextile (4°05' separating)
↣ Venus and North Node square (3°56' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant trine (4°22' separating)
↣ Mars and North Node antiparallel
↣ Mars and Ascendant parallel
↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (3°14' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (1°28' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune sextile (4°20' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant conjunction (6°59' separating)
↣ Saturn and Neptune conjunction (2°52' separating) parallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto parallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (6°14' separating)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant trine (3°51' applying)
↣ Neptune and Pluto parallel
↣ Pluto and North Node opposition (3°35' applying)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (8°02' applying)
↣ North Node and Ascendant antiparallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Laurindo de Almedia
- Chart date
- 02/09/1917
- Chart time
- 01:15
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
-
Miracatu (SP), Brazil - Latitude and longitude
- 24°17' South · 47°28' West
- Time zone
- 03:00 West
The data used to calculate the charts comes from public sources, as do the descriptive texts. We use sources such as Wikipedia.
About
Laurindo Almeida was a Brazilian guitarist and composer whose career spanned classical music, jazz, and Latin rhythms. Self‑taught, he gained recognition at a young age as an arranger and radio musician, and in the 1940s he settled in Los Angeles, where he played in studio orchestras and joined Stan Kenton’s band, helping introduce Latin elements into progressive jazz.
In the following decades he built a discography covering more than fifty years, including landmark recordings with Bud Shank that anticipated the fusion of samba and jazz, and classic albums such as The Guitar Music of Spain. He was a pioneer in bringing classical repertoire together with Latin‑American sonorities and received several Grammy Awards, particularly in classical categories.
Beyond his concert work, he worked extensively on film and television scores, performing on hundreds of productions and composing complete soundtracks. He collaborated with artists such as the Modern Jazz Quartet, Charlie Byrd, Stan Getz, and Baden Powell, and maintained chamber and guitar trio projects into the later decades of his life.
His legacy lies in the bridge he built between learned and popular traditions, in his refined technique, and in his pioneering role in shaping an aesthetic that influenced bossa nova and the fusion of jazz with Brazilian rhythms.
