Writer & speaker

Alan Watts

An English Anglican priest who left the church and spent twenty-five years explaining Zen and Taoism to the West, mostly by talking.

Born1915-01-06, Chislehurst, Kent, EnglandA Wednesday
Died1973-11-16, Mill Valley, California, USAA Friday, aged 58
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1915-01-06, Chislehurst, Kent, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn15°05′Direct
MoonVirgo14°46′Direct
MercuryCapricorn15°36′Direct
VenusSagittarius3°29′Direct
MarsCapricorn11°39′Direct
JupiterAquarius23°31′Direct
SaturnGemini27°33′Retrograde
UranusAquarius10°09′Direct
NeptuneCancer29°26′Retrograde
PlutoCancer0°55′Retrograde

This is Alan Watts's chart for 1915-01-06, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1973-11-16, Mill Valley, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio24°19′Direct
MoonLeo18°38′Direct
MercuryScorpio11°16′Retrograde
VenusCapricorn11°23′Direct
MarsAries25°52′Retrograde
JupiterAquarius6°02′Direct
SaturnCancer3°54′Retrograde
UranusLibra25°19′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius6°41′Direct
PlutoLibra6°02′Direct

This is Alan Watts's chart for 1973-11-16, the day they died, cast the same way a birth chart is cast. Cast one for any recorded date. It predicts nothing: the date is one you already have.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Alan Watts was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.