Novelist

Charles Dickens

Wrote serially, for money, at enormous speed, and produced the most durable portrait of Victorian poverty anybody has managed. He had been sent to a blacking factory at twelve and never quite left it.

Born1812-02-07, Portsmouth, EnglandA Friday
Died1870-06-09, Higham, EnglandA Thursday, aged 58
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Sagittarius
TimezoneEurope/LondonHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1812-02-07, Portsmouth, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius17°37′Direct
MoonSagittarius8°21′Direct
MercuryCapricorn21°50′Direct
VenusPisces15°51′Direct
MarsAries7°18′Direct
JupiterGemini26°30′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn4°20′Direct
UranusScorpio23°14′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius13°00′Direct
PlutoPisces17°01′Direct

Death Chart

1870-06-09, Higham, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini18°23′Direct
MoonLibra22°04′Direct
MercuryGemini11°22′Retrograde
VenusTaurus5°34′Direct
MarsTaurus28°42′Direct
JupiterGemini7°14′Direct
SaturnSagittarius25°46′Retrograde
UranusCancer20°09′Direct
NeptuneAries21°15′Direct
PlutoTaurus18°09′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Charles Dickens 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.