Painter
Augustus John
The most celebrated British portraitist of the 1920s and a byword for bohemia.
Augustus Edwin John was a Welsh painter, draughtsman, and etcher. For a time he was considered the most important artist at work in Britain: Virginia Woolf remarked that by 1908 the era of John Singer Sargent and Charles Wellington Furse "... was over. The age of Augustus John was dawning." In the second volume of BLAST, Percy Wyndham Lewis wrote, referring to John, that the ten years up to 1914 had been "the Augustan decade." He was the younger brother of the painter Gwen John.
- Born
- 1878-01-04, Tenby, WalesA Friday
- Died
- 1961-10-31, Fordingbridge, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 83
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1878-01-04, Tenby, Wales · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 14°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 24°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 27°16′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 28°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 14°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 14°56′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 15°37′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 29°03′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Taurus | 4°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 23°45′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1961-10-31, Fordingbridge, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 7°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 9°11′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 22°19′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 16°36′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 20°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 29°34′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 24°09′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 29°57′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 10°55′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 9°40′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Augustus John 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.
