Novelist
Barbara Kingsolver
Novelist of The Poisonwood Bible and Demon Copperhead, trained as a biologist. Born in Annapolis, Maryland, and raised in rural Kentucky.
Barbara Ellen Kingsolver is an American novelist, essayist, and poet. Her widely known works include The Poisonwood Bible, the tale of a missionary family in the Congo; and Animal, Vegetable, Miracle, a nonfiction account of her family's attempts to eat locally. In 2023, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for the novel Demon Copperhead. Her work often focuses on topics such as social justice, biodiversity, and the interaction between humans and their communities and environments.
- Born
- 1955-04-08, Annapolis, Maryland, USAA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1955-04-08, Annapolis, Maryland, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 18°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 4°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 3°36′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 10°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 28°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 20°42′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 19°59′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 23°37′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 27°07′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 24°29′ | Retrograde |
Barbara Kingsolver is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Barbara Kingsolver 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.