Journalist & essayist

Christopher Hitchens

Wrote against Kissinger, Mother Teresa and religion, supported the Iraq war and lost most of his friends on the left for it, and wrote about his own dying without a word of self-pity.

Born1949-04-13, Portsmouth, EnglandA Wednesday
Died2011-12-15, Houston, Texas, USAA Thursday, aged 62
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1949-04-13, Portsmouth, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunAries23°11′Direct
MoonLibra27°12′Direct
MercuryAries23°20′Direct
VenusAries22°16′Direct
MarsAries17°23′Direct
JupiterAquarius0°04′Direct
SaturnLeo29°35′Retrograde
UranusGemini27°10′Direct
NeptuneLibra13°33′Retrograde
PlutoLeo14°11′Retrograde

This is Christopher Hitchens's chart for 1949-04-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2011-12-15, Houston, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunSagittarius23°24′Direct
MoonLeo24°23′Direct
MercurySagittarius4°05′Direct
VenusCapricorn23°48′Direct
MarsVirgo15°11′Direct
JupiterTaurus0°32′Retrograde
SaturnLibra27°05′Direct
UranusAries0°39′Direct
NeptuneAquarius28°30′Direct
PlutoCapricorn6°44′Direct

This is Christopher Hitchens's chart for 2011-12-15, 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 Christopher Hitchens 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.

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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.