Novelist
George Eliot
Born Mary Ann Evans, and published under a man's name to be read on the merits. Middlemarch is still argued over as the best novel in English.
Mary Ann Evans, known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss (1860), Silas Marner (1861), Romola (1862 to 1863), Felix Holt, the Radical (1866), Middlemarch (1871 to 1872) and Daniel Deronda (1876). Her novels are known for their realism, psychological insight, sense of place, and detailed depiction of the countryside. Middlemarch was described by the novelist Virginia Woolf as "one of the few English novels written for grown-up people" and by Martin Amis and Julian Barnes as the greatest novel in the English language.
- Born
- 1819-11-22, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, EnglandA Monday
- Died
- 1880-12-22, London, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 61
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1819-11-22, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 29°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 2°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 16°50′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 10°23′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 4°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 11°06′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 24°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 23°13′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 27°21′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Pisces | 25°33′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1880-12-22, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 1°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 4°43′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 12°25′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 10°35′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 13°15′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 10°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 22°06′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 13°46′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Taurus | 11°45′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 26°47′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment George Eliot 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.