David Bowie
Singer, songwriter, actor and visual strategist whose repeated reinvention expanded the possibilities of rock music and performance identity.
Life, work & what’s documented
David Bowie was born 1947-01-08 and died 2016-01-10 at age 69. Singer, songwriter, actor and visual strategist whose repeated reinvention expanded the possibilities of rock music and performance identity. A shape-shifting artist whose music, image and performance changed popular culture.
Why They're Awesome
A shape-shifting artist whose music, image and performance changed popular culture.
Essential works: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust · Heroes · Blackstar
Meaningful connections
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- RockContributed To / David Bowie's songwriting, performance and reinvention made a major contribution to rock.Relationship source / confidence: high
Positive impact
No discrete Good Deed Watch item is asserted. The strongest positive-development angle is the deliberate artistic closure and continuing archival stewardship around Blackstar and his catalog.
Context is not destiny
Born 1947-01-08; died 2016-01-10; age at death 69. These dates provide historical context, not a mortality model.
Death context: David Bowie died on 2016-01-10 at age 69. This profile states only the sourced date and age until a reviewed cause or circumstance source is attached.
Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.
The cosmic file
The cosmic file
Sun
Capricorn 17.4°
MoonCancer or Leo 0.0°
Mercury
Venus
Sagittarius 2.3°
Mars
Jupiter
Scorpio 21.6°
Saturn
Leo 6.9°
Uranus
Gemini 18.7°
Neptune
Libra 10.8°
PlutoTime-stable natal aspects
- Sun conjunction Mars orb 0.7°
- Sun sextile Jupiter orb 4.7°
- Mercury square Neptune orb 3.2°
- Venus trine Saturn orb 5.1°
- Mars square Neptune orb 6.4°
- Saturn sextile Neptune orb 4.0°
- Saturn conjunction Pluto orb 5.9°
- Neptune sextile Pluto orb 2.0°
These placements are deterministic astronomical calculations. Interpretive meaning is presented separately and uncertainty is retained.
Calculation confidence: date_based_reliable. Moon: calculated with uncertainty. Rising sign: birth time needed. Date-based geocentric placements use a noon UTC reference. Moon is evaluated across the full UTC day. No Ascendant or houses are inferred. Astrology is interpretation, not fact, medicine, or mortality prediction.
Sources & provenance
- Wikidata item Q5383Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID david-bowie:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
- Official website candidateOfficial site / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID david-bowie:official_site_candidate:2. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: career summary, official legacy.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID david-bowie:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
Official links
- Official siteOfficial Site
Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.
Research last updated 2026-08-26.
Portrait provenance
David Bowie photo by Adam Bielawski; Own work; CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exact source file · CC BY-SA 3.0 3.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.
Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.
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