Aviator & writer

Beryl Markham

The first person to fly the Atlantic east to west solo, in 1936, and wrote a memoir that Hemingway said made him ashamed of his own writing.

Born1902-10-26, Ashwell, Rutland, EnglandA Sunday
Died1986-08-03, Nairobi, KenyaA Sunday, aged 83
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1902-10-26, Ashwell, Rutland, 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
SunScorpio2°08′Direct
MoonVirgo4°33′Direct
MercuryLibra19°12′Retrograde
VenusLibra23°44′Direct
MarsVirgo1°28′Direct
JupiterAquarius8°12′Direct
SaturnCapricorn21°55′Direct
UranusSagittarius18°44′Direct
NeptuneCancer3°37′Retrograde
PlutoGemini19°28′Retrograde

This is Beryl Markham's chart for 1902-10-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1986-08-03, Nairobi, Kenya · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Nairobithe 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
SunLeo10°44′Direct
MoonCancer13°29′Direct
MercuryCancer25°44′Direct
VenusVirgo25°11′Direct
MarsCapricorn11°58′Retrograde
JupiterPisces22°06′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius3°04′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius18°36′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn3°29′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio4°38′Direct

This is Beryl Markham's chart for 1986-08-03, 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 Beryl Markham 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.