Newspaper editor

Ben Bradlee

Edited the Washington Post through the Pentagon Papers and Watergate, and backed two young reporters when almost nobody else in the city believed them.

Born1921-08-26, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Friday
Died2014-10-21, Washington, D.C., USAA Tuesday, aged 93
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1921-08-26, Boston, Massachusetts, 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
SunVirgo2°50′Direct
MoonGemini4°28′Direct
MercuryVirgo6°01′Direct
VenusCancer23°52′Direct
MarsLeo14°54′Direct
JupiterVirgo23°30′Direct
SaturnVirgo24°50′Direct
UranusPisces7°51′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo14°13′Direct
PlutoCancer9°40′Direct

This is Ben Bradlee's chart for 1921-08-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2014-10-21, Washington, D.C., 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
SunLibra28°10′Direct
MoonLibra2°26′Direct
MercuryLibra18°21′Retrograde
VenusLibra27°14′Direct
MarsSagittarius26°29′Direct
JupiterLeo19°08′Direct
SaturnScorpio22°41′Direct
UranusAries13°57′Retrograde
NeptunePisces4°58′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn11°12′Direct

This is Ben Bradlee's chart for 2014-10-21, 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 Ben Bradlee 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.