Birth Chart
Manitas de Plata
Ricardo Baliardo
Sun Leo
Moon Libra
Ascendant Virgo
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Leo - 14°13' - in house 12
↣ Moon in Libra - 02°29' - in house 2
↣ Mercury in Cancer - 28°13' - in house 11
↣ Venus in Cancer - 01°52' - in house 10/11
↣ Mars in Leo - 02°29' - in house 11/12
↣ Jupiter in Virgo - 19°37' - in house 1
↣ Saturn in Virgo - 22°39' - in house 1
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 08°35' - in house 7 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Leo - 13°31' - in house 12
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 09°19' - in house 11
↣ North Node in Libra - 20°17' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Virgo - 09°54' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Gemini - 05°50' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Virgo - 01°56'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 12
↣ Moon in house 2
↣ Mercury in house 11
↣ Venus in house 10/11
↣ Mars in house 11/12
↣ Jupiter in house 1
↣ Saturn in house 1
↣ Uranus in house 7
↣ Neptune in house 12
↣ Pluto in house 11
↣ North Node in house 2
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Neptune conjunction (0°42' separating) parallel
↣ Moon and Mercury sextile (4°16' separating)
↣ Moon and Venus square (0°37' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars sextile (0°01' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn conjunction (9°50' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven trine (3°21' separating)
↣ Mercury and Venus parallel
↣ Mercury and Mars conjunction (4°15' applying) parallel
↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (5°34' separating)
↣ Mercury and Pluto parallel
↣ Mercury and Midheaven parallel
↣ Venus and Mars parallel
↣ Venus and Pluto conjunction (7°27' applying)
↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (0°05' separating)
↣ Venus and Midheaven parallel
↣ Mars and Pluto parallel
↣ Mars and Midheaven sextile (3°22' separating) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Saturn conjunction (3°03' applying) parallel
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant conjunction (9°42' applying)
↣ Uranus and Pluto trine (0°43' separating)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (6°39' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant opposition (1°19' separating)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven square (2°45' applying)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant sextile (0°35' separating)
↣ North Node and Ascendant antiparallel
Birth data
- Original name
- Ricardo Baliardo
- Chart date
- 07/08/1921
- Chart time
- 09:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Sète, France - Latitude and longitude
- 43°24' North · 3°41' East
- Time zone
- 01:00 East
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About
Manitas de Plata, the stage name of Ricardo Baliardo, was a Romani flamenco guitarist whose work brought the musical traditions of southern France to an international audience. Late to gain recognition—he began performing publicly only after the death of Django Reinhardt—he became known for playing at Romani pilgrimage sites in the Camargue and for recordings made in settings such as the chapel of Arles. His music drew the attention of artists like Jean Cocteau and Pablo Picasso, who acknowledged his talent and helped raise his profile.
Manitas’s recording career spans numerous albums released between the 1960s and 2000s, including live documents and collaborations with well‑known musicians, which led to invitations to international stages such as Carnegie Hall and the Royal Variety Performance in London. From 1967 onward he toured the world, bringing a flamenco aesthetic rooted in Romani tradition to wide audiences.
His social and cultural legacy lies in popularizing a repertoire and virtuosity often linked to the Romani community, and in bridging the gap between folk circuits and the commercial music scene. He is remembered as an emblematic figure of French flamenco and as a reference point for later generations of performers.
