Writer & environmentalist
Bill McKibben
Author of The End of Nature, the first book on climate change for a general readership, and the founder of 350.org. Born in Palo Alto, California.
William Ernest McKibben is an American environmentalist, author, and journalist who has written extensively on the impact of global warming. He is the Schumann Distinguished Scholar of environmental studies at Middlebury College and leader of the climate campaign groups 350.org and the Third Act Movement. He has authored a dozen books about the environment, including his first, The End of Nature (1989), about climate change, Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out? (2019), and Here Comes the Sun (2025) about the state of the environmental challenges facing humanity and future prospects.
- Born
- 1960-12-08, Palo Alto, California, USAA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1960-12-08, Palo Alto, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 16°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 18°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 1°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 28°11′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 16°20′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 8°47′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 16°57′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 25°46′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 10°12′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 8°07′ | Direct |
Bill McKibben 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 Bill McKibben 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.