Novelist & journalist

Arthur Koestler

Wrote Darkness at Noon about the Moscow show trials, having been a communist and then sentenced to death by Franco's forces in Spain.

Born1905-09-05, Budapest, HungaryA Tuesday
Died1983-03-01, London, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 77
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1905-09-05, Budapest, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Budapestthe 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
SunVirgo12°11′Direct
MoonSagittarius2°54′Direct
MercuryVirgo1°17′Retrograde
VenusLeo4°12′Direct
MarsSagittarius8°33′Direct
JupiterGemini5°49′Direct
SaturnAquarius28°32′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn0°15′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer10°00′Direct
PlutoGemini22°41′Direct

This is Arthur Koestler's chart for 1905-09-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1983-03-01, London, 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
SunPisces10°19′Direct
MoonLibra9°16′Direct
MercuryAquarius20°58′Direct
VenusAries8°07′Direct
MarsAries3°27′Direct
JupiterSagittarius9°50′Direct
SaturnScorpio4°11′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius9°02′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius28°58′Direct
PlutoLibra29°18′Retrograde

This is Arthur Koestler's chart for 1983-03-01, 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 Arthur Koestler 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
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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.