Writer & theorist

bell hooks

Wrote about race, class and gender as one thing rather than three, in deliberately plain prose, and used lowercase so the work would matter more than the name.

Born1952-09-25, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USAA Thursday
Died2021-12-15, Berea, Kentucky, USAA Wednesday, aged 69
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1952-09-25, Hopkinsville, Kentucky, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunLibra2°33′Direct
MoonSagittarius18°01′Direct
MercuryLibra3°28′Direct
VenusLibra27°30′Direct
MarsSagittarius18°32′Direct
JupiterTaurus20°33′Retrograde
SaturnLibra16°03′Direct
UranusCancer18°09′Direct
NeptuneLibra20°44′Direct
PlutoLeo22°26′Direct

This is bell hooks's chart for 1952-09-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2021-12-15, Berea, Kentucky, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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°56′Direct
MoonTaurus16°20′Direct
MercuryCapricorn3°05′Direct
VenusCapricorn26°12′Direct
MarsSagittarius1°36′Direct
JupiterAquarius27°35′Direct
SaturnAquarius10°14′Direct
UranusTaurus11°17′Retrograde
NeptunePisces20°27′Direct
PlutoCapricorn25°26′Direct

This is bell hooks's chart for 2021-12-15, 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 bell hooks 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.