Novelist & playwright
Franz Werfel
The Song of Bernadette, written as a vow after escaping occupied France.
Franz Viktor Werfel was a Czech novelist, playwright, and poet whose career spanned World War I, the Interwar period, and World War II. He is primarily known as the author of The Forty Days of Musa Dagh, a novel based on events that took place during the Armenian genocide of 1915, and The Song of Bernadette (1941), a novel about the life and visions of the French Catholic saint Bernadette Soubirous, which was made into a Hollywood film of the same name.
- Born
- 1890-09-10, Prague, CzechiaA Wednesday
- Died
- 1945-08-26, Beverly Hills, USAA Sunday, aged 54
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1890-09-10, Prague, Czechia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Praguethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 17°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 5°12′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 13°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 3°34′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 21°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 2°51′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Virgo | 8°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 24°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 6°49′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 7°53′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1945-08-26, Beverly Hills, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 3°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 18°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 22°49′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Cancer | 25°36′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 22°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 0°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 20°36′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 17°07′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 4°57′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 10°33′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Franz Werfel was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
