Novelist
Arnold Bennett
Wrote about the Staffordshire potteries in about thirty novels, and died of typhoid after drinking tap water in Paris to prove it was safe.
Enoch Arnold Bennett was an English author, best known as a novelist, who wrote prolifically. Between the 1890s and the 1930s he completed 34 novels, seven volumes of short stories, 13 plays, and a daily journal totalling more than a million words. He wrote articles and stories for more than 100 newspapers and periodicals, worked in and briefly ran the Ministry of Information during the First World War, and wrote for the cinema in the 1920s. Sales of his books were substantial, and he was the most financially successful British author of his day.
- Born
- 1867-05-27, Hanley, Staffordshire, EnglandA Monday
- Died
- 1931-03-27, London, EnglandA Friday, aged 63
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1867-05-27, Hanley, Staffordshire, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 5°41′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 14°46′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 0°25′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 4°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 15°42′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 6°04′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 19°40′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 6°34′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 14°21′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 15°06′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1931-03-27, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 5°51′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 9°28′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 17°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 24°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 29°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 11°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 22°10′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 14°46′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 3°35′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 18°41′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Arnold Bennett 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.
