Novelist
Ali Smith
Scottish novelist of How to Be Both and the Seasonal quartet, written and published almost in real time. Born in Inverness.
Ali Smith CBE FRSL is a Scottish author, playwright, academic and journalist. Sebastian Barry described her in 2016 as "Scotland's Nobel laureate-in-waiting." Smith released two, homophone novels in successive years, Gliff in 2024 followed by Glyph in 2026, which wrangle with contemporary social dilemmas and political topics.
- Born
- 1962-08-24, Inverness, ScotlandA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1962-08-24, Inverness, Scotland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 0°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 25°54′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 22°34′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 16°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 1°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 8°39′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 6°23′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 0°53′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 10°59′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 9°32′ | Direct |
Ali Smith is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Ali Smith was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.