Birth Chart

Maya Deren

Eleanora Derenkowskaia

Sun Taurus

Moon Leo

Ascendant Scorpio

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Taurus - 08°49' - in house 6

↣ Moon in Leo - 14°25' - in house 9

↣ Mercury in Taurus - 27°56' - in house 7

↣ Venus in Taurus - 09°42' - in house 7

↣ Mars in Aries - 26°05' - in house 6

↣ Jupiter in Taurus - 15°56' - in house 7

↣ Saturn in Cancer - 24°44' - in house 9

↣ Uranus in Aquarius - 23°22' - in house 4

↣ Neptune in Leo - 02°10' - in house 9

↣ Pluto in Cancer - 02°41' - in house 8

↣ North Node in Capricorn - 13°01' - in house 2/3 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Scorpio - 15°02' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Virgo - 01°20' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Sagittarius - 05°18'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 6

↣ Moon in house 9

↣ Mercury in house 7

↣ Venus in house 7

↣ Mars in house 6

↣ Jupiter in house 7

↣ Saturn in house 9

↣ Uranus in house 4

↣ Neptune in house 9

↣ Pluto in house 8

↣ North Node in house 2/3

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Moon square (5°35' separating) parallel

↣ Sun and Venus conjunction (0°53' separating) parallel

↣ Sun and Jupiter conjunction (7°07' applying) parallel

↣ Sun and Uranus antiparallel

↣ Sun and North Node trine (4°12' applying)

↣ Sun and Ascendant opposition (6°13' separating)

↣ Moon and Venus square (4°43' separating) parallel

↣ Moon and Jupiter square (1°32' applying)

↣ Moon and Uranus opposition (8°57' applying) antiparallel

↣ Moon and Ascendant square (0°38' separating)

↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (3°13' separating) parallel

↣ Mercury and Uranus square (4°34' separating)

↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (4°14' applying)

↣ Mercury and North Node antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (7°22' separating)

↣ Mercury and Midheaven square (3°24' separating)

↣ Venus and Jupiter conjunction (6°14' applying)

↣ Venus and Uranus antiparallel

↣ Venus and North Node trine (3°19' applying)

↣ Venus and Ascendant opposition (5°20' separating)

↣ Mars and Saturn square (1°22' separating)

↣ Mars and Uranus sextile (2°44' separating)

↣ Mars and Midheaven trine (5°15' separating)

↣ Jupiter and North Node trine (2°55' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Ascendant opposition (0°54' applying) antiparallel

↣ Saturn and Neptune conjunction (7°26' applying)

↣ Uranus and Midheaven opposition (7°59' separating)

↣ Neptune and Pluto parallel

↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant trine (3°08' separating)

↣ Pluto and Midheaven sextile (1°21' applying)

↣ North Node and Ascendant sextile (2°01' separating)

Birth data

Original name: Eleanora Derenkowskaia
Chart date: 29/04/1917
Chart time: 19:45
Date and time quality: C Rectified from approximate time what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Latitude and longitude: 50°26' North · 30°31' East
Time zone: 02:02 East

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About

Maya Deren was an American experimental filmmaker and theorist whose work in the 1940s and 1950s deeply influenced avant‑garde cinema. Born Eleanora Derenkovskaya in Kiev, she became known for 16mm films such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), At Land (1944), and Study in Choreography for Camera (1945), which affected generations of independent filmmakers and helped define a personal cinematic language centered on rhythm, dream, and the body.

Besides directing, Deren worked as a choreographer, dancer, photographer, and essayist; her involvement in the Greenwich Village scene brought her into contact with artists such as André Breton and John Cage. She was also a pioneer of self‑management and independent film exhibition, organizing her own programs and opening avenues for alternative distribution of experimental cinema.

Between 1947 and 1955 she conducted extensive research into Haitian vodou, producing substantial ethnographic footage and the book Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (1953), a key work on the subject. She received a Guggenheim Fellowship and won the Grand Prix International for 16mm Films (experimental class) at Cannes for Meshes of the Afternoon, an unprecedented recognition for an American filmmaker.

Her hybrid career—combining artistic practice, ethnographic research, and cultural activism—left a lasting legacy: her films are taught in film schools, preserved in collections, and have inspired awards and venues dedicated to independent cinema.

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