Author

Douglas Adams

The Hitchhiker's Guide began as a radio series and became the most quoted comic science fiction in English. Died of a heart attack at forty-nine.

Born1952-03-11, Cambridge, EnglandA Tuesday
Died2001-05-11, Santa Barbara, United StatesA Friday, aged 49
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo
TimezonesEurope/London · America/Los_AngelesHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1952-03-11, Cambridge, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces20°51′Direct
MoonVirgo17°54′Direct
MercuryAries6°38′Direct
VenusAquarius23°43′Direct
MarsScorpio17°20′Direct
JupiterAries18°30′Direct
SaturnLibra13°11′Retrograde
UranusCancer9°55′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra21°07′Retrograde
PlutoLeo19°38′Retrograde

Death Chart

2001-05-11, Santa Barbara, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angeles

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus21°08′Direct
MoonCapricorn11°13′Direct
MercuryGemini9°55′Direct
VenusAries9°06′Direct
MarsSagittarius29°02′Retrograde
JupiterGemini15°49′Direct
SaturnGemini2°35′Direct
UranusAquarius24°42′Direct
NeptuneAquarius8°46′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius14°32′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Douglas Adams 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.