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Jean-Michel Basquiat

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American artist (1960 - 1988), joins the Shrine archive with a restrained authority-backed profile.

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Life, work & what’s documented

Jean-Michel Basquiat was born on 1960-12-22. Authority records identify Jean-Michel Basquiat as American artist (1960 - 1988). GND career terms include Künstler, Maler, Zeichner, Bildhauer.

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Authority records identify Jean-Michel Basquiat as American artist (1960 - 1988). GND career terms include Künstler, Maler, Zeichner, Bildhauer.

Statistics / evidence

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Age 27 at death. Age context is factual and is not a health or mortality claim.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunCapricorn 0.7°

MoonAquarius or Pisces 27.1°

MercurySagittarius 22.5°

VenusAquarius 14.3°

MarsCancer 11.9°

JupiterCapricorn 11.9°

SaturnCapricorn 18.5°

UranusLeo 25.6°

NeptuneScorpio 10.6°

PlutoVirgo 8.1°

These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is separate from health, mortality, and factual claims.

Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable_birth_time_unknown. Moon: calculated with sign boundary uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon uncertainty is retained. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.

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Sources & provenance

Library of Congress authority recordLibrary of Congress / 2026-08-31 / identity / confidence: highSupports stable identity, birth year, death year.
German National Library via lobid GND authority recordGerman National Library via lobid GND / 2026-08-31 / identity / confidence: highSupports stable identity, birth year, death year, career classification.

Restrained authority-backed profile from post-210 package 4dc14a55e67dd39989cb1f5a8b2e2a65d080844a2464d900def514ac02d7f254. The research package did not clear an image, so the approved polished no-image presentation is used.

Research last updated 2026-08-31.

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