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Artists / Myth-Makers: The Chart of David Bowie
Born David Jones, David Bowie was a master of reinvention, a cultural chameleon who transformed popular music, fashion, and notions of identity. From the cosmic folk of *Space Oddity* to the androgynous alien Ziggy Stardust and the aristocratic Thin White Duke, he treated his career as a canvas for a series of meticulously crafted personas, each a mythic exploration of alienation, fame, and the search for meaning in a postmodern world.
NATAL CHART ASPECTS
Saturn (7° Leo)conjunctPluto (13° Leo)(0°0')
Sun (19° Capricorn)conjunctMercury (11° Capricorn)(21°54')
Saturn (7° Leo)semisextileMoon (3° Virgo)(30°0')
Neptune (11° Libra)sextilePluto (13° Leo)(60°0')
Saturn (7° Leo)sextileNeptune (11° Libra)(60°0')
Sun (19° Capricorn)conjunctMars (18° Capricorn)(145°13')
Jupiter (22° Scorpio)quincunxUranus (19° Gemini)(150°0')
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*Note: The AI interpretation below was generated from the complete natal chart data provided by our PAT software. For clarity and focus on this page, the list above is truncated from the full chart of 17 aspects.

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XORD AI Astrologer Interpretation
Sun (19) conjunct Mercury (11):
A conjunction with notable integration in Capricorn, indicating a configuration nucleus. Despite the deviation of 21°54', it still appears prominently due to shared sign placement.
Saturn (7) semisextile Moon (3):
A semisextile structural tether between Saturn in Leo and the Moon in Virgo, 30°0' from exact, suggesting a minor geometric bridge.
Sun (19) conjunct Mars (18):
Present at 145°13' from exact within Capricorn, strengthening the stellium configuration, albeit with a wider orb.
Mercury (11) conjunct Mars (18):
Within Capricorn, positioned at 167°7' from exactness. Contributes to the single 3-stellium group.
Mars (18) sextile Jupiter (22):
Capricorn to Scorpio sextile lacks provided deviation data, but structurally integrates the two signs through soft support geometry.
Sun (19) sextile Jupiter (22):
Noted with unspecified orb, adding to sextile patterns between Capricorn and Scorpio, distilling supportive tension.
Mercury (11) quincunx Saturn (7):
A quincunx bridging Capricorn and Leo, missing orb details, indicating misalignment with structural nuance.
Venus (4) square Moon (3):
A sharply angulated square from Sagittarius to Virgo, enhancing tension with unspecified orb precision.
Venus (4) trine Saturn (7):
Soft angle between Sagittarius and Leo, specified orb absent but acts as tension diffusing agent.
Summary: The chart displays a predominance of quincunxes and conjunctions with significant activity in Capricorn marked by the 3-stellium structure. The focus resides heavily in Capricorn through the stellium, forming the framework's central load, supported by auxiliary sextiles and trines to Jupiter and Saturn. Unexploited oppositions result in unilateral functionality across the chart's geometry.
A photograph of David Bowie.
David Bowie, © Greg Gorman/Iconic Images.

David Bowie’s career was a masterclass in artistic self-creation. His breakthrough as the androgynous alien rockstar Ziggy Stardust in 1972 was not just a musical debut but a cultural explosion, launching the glam rock movement and establishing his method of using theatrical personas to explore themes of identity and alienation. Just as quickly as he created Ziggy, he famously retired the character on stage, beginning a lifelong pattern of killing his creations to make way for the new. His influence was immediate, producing landmark albums for contemporaries like Lou Reed (*Transformer*) and Iggy & The Stooges (*Raw Power*).

From the "plastic soul" of *Young Americans* and the austere, expressionist "Thin White Duke" of *Station to Station*, Bowie continually shape-shifted. He moved to Berlin and, with Brian Eno, created the groundbreaking "Berlin Trilogy" (*Low*, *"Heroes"*, *Lodger*), a benchmark of ambient and experimental rock. He achieved global superstardom with *Let's Dance* in 1983 before confounding expectations again with the abrasive rock of Tin Machine. His work was a constant dialogue with the avant-garde, a rebellion against creative stasis that has influenced countless artists. His final album, *Blackstar*, released on his 69th birthday and two days before his death, was a meticulously planned final act, a parting gift from a man whose life was his greatest work of art, and a true contemporary of myth-makers like Aleister Crowley.

A t-shirt with text referencing David Bowie and Mick Jagger.

A note on a legendary artifact: XORD's founder bought this t-shirt—but never wore it—in St. Mark's Place, New York, back in 2000.