Poet
Allen Ginsberg
Howl was seized by customs and tried for obscenity in 1957, which made it famous. He spent forty years as the most visible poet in America.
Irwin Allen Ginsberg was an American poet and writer. As a student at Columbia University in the 1940s, he befriended Lucien Carr, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac, forming the core of the Beat Generation. He vigorously opposed militarism, economic materialism, and sexual repression, and he embodied various aspects of this counterculture with his views on drugs, sex, multiculturalism, hostility to bureaucracy, and openness to Eastern religions.
- Born
- 1926-06-03, Newark, New Jersey, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 1997-04-05, New York, New York, USAA Saturday, aged 70
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1926-06-03, Newark, New Jersey, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 12°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 16°37′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 11°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 0°56′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 22°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 26°54′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 21°18′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 29°02′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 22°15′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 13°26′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1997-04-05, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 15°56′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 21°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 4°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 16°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 19°52′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 15°50′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 10°58′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 8°05′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 29°46′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 5°23′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Allen Ginsberg 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.