Novelist

E. L. Doctorow

Ragtime and Billy Bathgate.

Born
1931-01-06, New York City, USAA Tuesday
Died
2015-07-21, Manhattan, USAA Tuesday, aged 84
At birth
Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Leo
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1931-01-06, New York City, 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

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
SunCapricorn15°25′Direct
MoonLeo15°08′Direct
MercuryCapricorn14°04′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius1°58′Direct
MarsLeo14°19′Retrograde
JupiterCancer15°28′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn14°23′Direct
UranusAries11°33′Direct
NeptuneVirgo5°33′Retrograde
PlutoCancer19°53′Retrograde

This is E. L. Doctorow's chart for 1931-01-06, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2015-07-21, Manhattan, 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

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
SunCancer28°35′Direct
MoonLibra1°17′Direct
MercuryCancer26°04′Direct
VenusVirgo0°30′Direct
MarsCancer18°02′Direct
JupiterLeo25°36′Direct
SaturnScorpio28°23′Retrograde
UranusAries20°29′Direct
NeptunePisces9°25′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn13°53′Retrograde

This is E. L. Doctorow's chart for 2015-07-21, 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 E. L. Doctorow 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.