Poet & priest

Gerard Manley Hopkins

A Jesuit who burned his early poems and wrote in a rhythm of his own invention. None of it was published until thirty years after he died.

Born1844-07-28, Stratford, London, EnglandA Sunday
Died1889-06-08, Dublin, IrelandA Saturday, aged 44
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1844-07-28, Stratford, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLeo5°25′Direct
MoonCapricorn20°42′Direct
MercuryLeo12°51′Direct
VenusCancer27°54′Retrograde
MarsLeo7°41′Direct
JupiterAries3°56′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius3°52′Retrograde
UranusAries6°08′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius22°47′Retrograde
PlutoAries23°57′Retrograde

This is Gerard Manley Hopkins's chart for 1844-07-28, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1889-06-08, Dublin, Ireland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Dublinthe 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
SunGemini17°50′Direct
MoonLibra8°32′Direct
MercuryCancer2°50′Retrograde
VenusTaurus7°37′Direct
MarsGemini20°29′Direct
JupiterCapricorn5°24′Retrograde
SaturnLeo15°57′Direct
UranusLibra17°59′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini2°37′Direct
PlutoGemini5°44′Direct

This is Gerard Manley Hopkins's chart for 1889-06-08, 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 Gerard Manley Hopkins 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
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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.