Naturalist & writer

Gerald Durrell

Wrote My Family and Other Animals to fund a zoo, and built it into a conservation organisation that has brought several species back from the edge.

Born1925-01-07, Jamshedpur, IndiaA Wednesday
Died1995-01-30, Saint Helier, JerseyA Monday, aged 70
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1925-01-07, Jamshedpur, India · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Kolkatathe 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
SunCapricorn16°28′Direct
MoonGemini15°40′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°45′Direct
VenusSagittarius20°26′Direct
MarsAries11°30′Direct
JupiterCapricorn4°34′Direct
SaturnScorpio12°32′Direct
UranusPisces18°18′Direct
NeptuneLeo22°05′Retrograde
PlutoCancer12°24′Retrograde

This is Gerald Durrell's chart for 1925-01-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1995-01-30, Saint Helier, Jersey · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Jerseythe 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
SunAquarius10°07′Direct
MoonAquarius4°09′Direct
MercuryAquarius19°24′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius24°03′Direct
MarsLeo27°42′Retrograde
JupiterSagittarius10°05′Direct
SaturnPisces10°53′Direct
UranusCapricorn27°12′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn23°40′Direct
PlutoSagittarius0°17′Direct

This is Gerald Durrell's chart for 1995-01-30, 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 Gerald Durrell 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. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.