Writer & traveller
Alma Karlin
Travelled the world alone for eight years in the 1920s and wrote it up.
Alma Maximiliana Karlin was a Slovenian traveler, writer, poet, collector, polyglot and theosophist. She was one of the first European women to circle the globe alone.
- Born
- 1889-10-12, Celje, SloveniaA Saturday
- Died
- 1950-01-14, Pečovnik, SloveniaA Saturday, aged 60
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- Cisleithania
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1889-10-12, Celje, Slovenia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Ljubljanathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 19°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 29°22′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 27°03′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 18°32′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 11°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 1°53′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 0°32′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 22°10′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 4°14′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 6°42′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1950-01-14, Pečovnik, Slovenia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Ljubljanathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 23°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 3°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 0°56′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 18°25′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Libra | 6°37′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 9°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 19°13′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 2°07′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 17°21′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 17°31′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Alma Karlin 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.
