Novelist & futurist

Arthur C. Clarke

Described the geostationary communications satellite in 1945, twenty years before one existed, and co-wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey. He lived in Sri Lanka for the last fifty years of his life.

Born1917-12-16, Minehead, Somerset, EnglandA Sunday
Died2008-03-19, Colombo, Sri LankaA Wednesday, aged 90
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1917-12-16, Minehead, Somerset, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunSagittarius23°59′Direct
MoonCapricorn21°10′Direct
MercuryCapricorn14°13′Direct
VenusAquarius10°10′Direct
MarsVirgo21°23′Direct
JupiterGemini4°10′Retrograde
SaturnLeo14°09′Retrograde
UranusAquarius20°42′Direct
NeptuneLeo6°44′Retrograde
PlutoCancer4°41′Retrograde

This is Arthur C. Clarke's chart for 1917-12-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2008-03-19, Colombo, Sri Lanka · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Colombothe 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
SunPisces29°02′Direct
MoonLeo29°30′Direct
MercuryPisces6°11′Direct
VenusPisces7°48′Direct
MarsCancer5°20′Direct
JupiterCapricorn18°30′Direct
SaturnVirgo3°20′Retrograde
UranusPisces19°14′Direct
NeptuneAquarius23°03′Direct
PlutoCapricorn1°05′Direct

This is Arthur C. Clarke's chart for 2008-03-19, 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 Arthur C. Clarke 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.