Novelist

Doris Lessing

Won the Nobel Prize at eighty-seven and heard about it from reporters on her doorstep, to which she said: oh Christ. The Golden Notebook became a foundational feminist text she resisted that reading of.

Born1919-10-22, Kermanshah, IranA Wednesday
Died2013-11-17, London, EnglandA Sunday, aged 94
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1919-10-22, Kermanshah, Iran · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Tehranthe 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
SunLibra27°53′Direct
MoonLibra11°09′Direct
MercuryScorpio13°50′Direct
VenusVirgo16°40′Direct
MarsVirgo7°21′Direct
JupiterLeo15°11′Direct
SaturnVirgo8°24′Direct
UranusAquarius27°53′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo11°23′Direct
PlutoCancer7°44′Retrograde

This is Doris Lessing's chart for 1919-10-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2013-11-17, London, 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
SunScorpio25°17′Direct
MoonTaurus23°44′Direct
MercuryScorpio5°58′Direct
VenusCapricorn11°09′Direct
MarsVirgo19°05′Direct
JupiterCancer20°20′Retrograde
SaturnScorpio15°33′Direct
UranusAries8°58′Retrograde
NeptunePisces2°34′Direct
PlutoCapricorn9°49′Direct

This is Doris Lessing's chart for 2013-11-17, 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 Doris Lessing 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. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.