Poet
Billy Collins
American poet laureate for two terms, and among the most widely read living poets in the United States. Born in Manhattan.
William James Collins is an American poet who served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He was a distinguished professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York, retiring in 2016. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. In 2016, Collins was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As of 2020, he is a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.
- Born
- 1941-03-22, New York, New York, USAA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1941-03-22, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 1°40′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 3°27′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 4°05′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 24°36′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 22°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 15°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 12°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 23°15′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 26°10′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°08′ | Retrograde |
Billy Collins 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 Billy Collins 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.