Novelist
Carson McCullers
Published The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter at twenty-three. Strokes from undiagnosed rheumatic fever paralysed her left side by thirty-one and she kept writing.
Carson McCullers was an American novelist, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and poet. Her first novel, The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), explores the spiritual isolation of misfits and outcasts in a small town of the Southern United States. Her other novels have similar themes. Most are set in the Deep South.
- Born
- 1917-02-19, Columbus, Georgia, USAA Monday
- Died
- 1967-09-29, Nyack, New York, USAA Friday, aged 50
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1917-02-19, Columbus, Georgia, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 0°30′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 1°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 5°27′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 13°59′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 2°29′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 1°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 24°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 20°18′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 2°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 2°27′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1967-09-29, Nyack, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 5°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 9°11′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 29°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 29°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 13°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 26°27′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 9°16′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 25°31′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 22°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 21°00′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Carson McCullers 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.