Critic & broadcaster

Clive James

Wrote television criticism good enough to outlive the programmes, and spent his last decade publishing poetry and translating Dante while terminally ill.

Born1939-10-07, Sydney, AustraliaA Saturday
Died2019-11-24, Cambridge, EnglandA Sunday, aged 80
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Cancer

Birth Chart

1939-10-07, Sydney, Australia · time unknown, noon chart

Australia/Sydneythe 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
SunLibra12°54′Direct
MoonCancer24°00′Direct
MercuryLibra23°27′Direct
VenusLibra21°13′Direct
MarsAquarius5°25′Direct
JupiterAries2°32′Retrograde
SaturnAries28°58′Retrograde
UranusTaurus21°20′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo23°48′Direct
PlutoLeo2°44′Direct

This is Clive James's chart for 1939-10-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2019-11-24, Cambridge, 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
SunSagittarius1°53′Direct
MoonScorpio3°38′Direct
MercuryScorpio12°44′Direct
VenusSagittarius28°06′Direct
MarsScorpio3°24′Direct
JupiterSagittarius28°10′Direct
SaturnCapricorn17°21′Direct
UranusTaurus3°33′Retrograde
NeptunePisces15°55′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn21°17′Direct

This is Clive James's chart for 2019-11-24, 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 Clive James 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
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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.