Novelist

Dashiell Hammett

A Pinkerton detective before he was a writer, he invented the hard-boiled style and went to prison in 1951 for refusing to name names.

Born1894-05-27, Saint Marys County, Maryland, USAA Sunday
Died1961-01-10, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 66
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1894-05-27, Saint Marys County, Maryland, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunGemini6°20′Direct
MoonPisces4°53′Direct
MercuryGemini14°52′Direct
VenusAries22°36′Direct
MarsPisces12°17′Direct
JupiterGemini12°03′Direct
SaturnLibra18°54′Retrograde
UranusScorpio12°21′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini12°59′Direct
PlutoGemini10°10′Direct

This is Dashiell Hammett's chart for 1894-05-27, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1961-01-10, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunCapricorn20°14′Direct
MoonLibra27°11′Direct
MercuryCapricorn23°10′Direct
VenusPisces6°14′Direct
MarsCancer4°32′Retrograde
JupiterCapricorn16°21′Direct
SaturnCapricorn20°43′Direct
UranusLeo25°05′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio11°01′Direct
PlutoVirgo7°52′Retrograde

This is Dashiell Hammett's chart for 1961-01-10, 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 Dashiell Hammett 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.