Writer & journalist

Ambrose Bierce

Wrote The Devil's Dictionary and some of the best American short stories about the Civil War, then rode into revolutionary Mexico at seventy-one and was never seen again.

Born1842-06-24, Meigs County, Ohio, USAA Friday
Died1914-01-01, Chihuahua, MexicoA Thursday, aged 71
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1842-06-24, Meigs County, Ohio, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunCancer2°41′Direct
MoonCapricorn23°33′Direct
MercuryCancer21°41′Direct
VenusLeo1°08′Direct
MarsCancer2°59′Direct
JupiterCapricorn19°44′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn11°46′Retrograde
UranusPisces28°16′Direct
NeptuneAquarius18°59′Retrograde
PlutoAries21°49′Direct

This is Ambrose Bierce's chart for 1842-06-24, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1914-01-01, Chihuahua, Mexico · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chihuahuathe 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
SunCapricorn10°33′Direct
MoonPisces10°46′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°57′Direct
VenusCapricorn0°42′Direct
MarsCancer16°12′Retrograde
JupiterCapricorn25°20′Direct
SaturnGemini12°42′Retrograde
UranusAquarius6°03′Direct
NeptuneCancer27°17′Retrograde
PlutoGemini29°54′Retrograde

This is Ambrose Bierce's chart for 1914-01-01, 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 Ambrose Bierce 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.