Novelist

Dan Simmons

Hyperion, and horror and science fiction in equal measure.

Born
1948-04-04, Peoria, USAA Sunday
Died
2026-02-21, Longmont, USAA Saturday, aged 77
At birth
Sun in Aries, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1948-04-04, Peoria, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries14°52′Direct
MoonAquarius21°06′Direct
MercuryPisces22°57′Direct
VenusGemini0°13′Direct
MarsLeo18°20′Direct
JupiterSagittarius28°45′Direct
SaturnLeo15°53′Retrograde
UranusGemini22°39′Direct
NeptuneLibra11°32′Retrograde
PlutoLeo12°38′Retrograde

This is Dan Simmons's chart for 1948-04-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2026-02-21, Longmont, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Denverthe zone used then

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♇♂☉♀☿♆♄☽♅♃℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces3°09′Direct
MoonAries27°21′Direct
MercuryPisces20°55′Direct
VenusPisces14°13′Direct
MarsAquarius23°03′Direct
JupiterCancer15°34′Retrograde
SaturnAries0°52′Direct
UranusTaurus27°35′Direct
NeptuneAries0°47′Direct
PlutoAquarius4°19′Direct

This is Dan Simmons's chart for 2026-02-21, 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 Dan Simmons 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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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.