Novelist & essayist

Gore Vidal

Wrote historical novels, screenplays and some of the best essays in American English, and conducted public feuds with almost every other writer of his generation.

Born1925-10-03, West Point, New York, USAA Saturday
Died2012-07-31, Los Angeles, California, USAA Tuesday, aged 86
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1925-10-03, West Point, 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
SunLibra9°57′Direct
MoonAries29°14′Direct
MercuryLibra7°07′Direct
VenusScorpio20°48′Direct
MarsLibra3°10′Direct
JupiterCapricorn13°37′Direct
SaturnScorpio12°42′Direct
UranusPisces22°49′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo23°58′Direct
PlutoCancer14°42′Direct

This is Gore Vidal's chart for 1925-10-03, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2012-07-31, Los Angeles, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunLeo8°57′Direct
MoonCapricorn21°10′Direct
MercuryLeo4°04′Retrograde
VenusGemini24°11′Direct
MarsLibra15°53′Direct
JupiterGemini10°14′Direct
SaturnLibra23°50′Direct
UranusAries8°24′Retrograde
NeptunePisces2°22′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn7°29′Retrograde

This is Gore Vidal's chart for 2012-07-31, 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 Gore Vidal 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.