Poet & novelist

Charles Bukowski

Worked at the post office for over a decade and published his first novel at fifty-one after a publisher offered him a hundred dollars a month to quit.

Born1920-08-16, Andernach, GermanyA Monday
Died1994-03-09, San Pedro, California, USAA Wednesday, aged 73
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1920-08-16, Andernach, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunLeo23°14′Direct
MoonVirgo24°00′Direct
MercuryLeo4°38′Direct
VenusVirgo5°16′Direct
MarsScorpio18°11′Direct
JupiterLeo27°39′Direct
SaturnVirgo12°12′Direct
UranusPisces4°07′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo11°43′Direct
PlutoCancer8°22′Direct

This is Charles Bukowski's chart for 1920-08-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1994-03-09, San Pedro, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunPisces19°01′Direct
MoonAquarius21°03′Direct
MercuryAquarius23°40′Direct
VenusAries1°31′Direct
MarsPisces1°52′Direct
JupiterScorpio14°31′Retrograde
SaturnPisces4°47′Direct
UranusCapricorn25°14′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn22°45′Direct
PlutoScorpio28°03′Retrograde

This is Charles Bukowski's chart for 1994-03-09, 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 Charles Bukowski 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.