Literary critic

Edward Said

Wrote Orientalism, which argued that Western scholarship on the East was inseparable from empire, and founded postcolonial studies almost by accident.

Born1935-11-01, Jerusalem, IsraelA Friday
Died2003-09-25, New York, New York, USAA Thursday, aged 67
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1935-11-01, Jerusalem, Israel · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Jerusalemthe 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
SunScorpio8°03′Direct
MoonCapricorn6°15′Direct
MercuryLibra19°33′Direct
VenusVirgo22°41′Direct
MarsCapricorn2°42′Direct
JupiterScorpio28°19′Direct
SaturnPisces3°32′Retrograde
UranusTaurus3°19′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo16°07′Direct
PlutoCancer27°24′Retrograde

This is Edward Said's chart for 1935-11-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2003-09-25, 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
SunLibra2°10′Direct
MoonVirgo25°53′Direct
MercuryVirgo14°26′Direct
VenusLibra12°25′Direct
MarsPisces0°08′Retrograde
JupiterVirgo6°15′Direct
SaturnCancer12°24′Direct
UranusAquarius29°38′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius10°36′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius17°26′Direct

This is Edward Said's chart for 2003-09-25, 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 Edward Said 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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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.