Poet

Grace Nichols

Guyanese British poet.

Grace Nichols is a Guyanese poet who moved to Britain in 1977, before which she worked as a teacher and journalist in Guyana. Her first collection, I is a Long-Memoried Woman (1983), won the Commonwealth Poetry Prize. In December 2021, she was announced as winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry.

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Born
1950-01-18, Georgetown, GuyanaA Wednesday
At birth
Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Aquarius
Nationality
United Kingdom
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1950-01-18, Georgetown, Guyana · time unknown, noon chart

America/Guyanathe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn27°59′Direct
MoonAquarius2°03′Direct
MercuryCapricorn25°46′Retrograde
VenusAquarius17°23′Retrograde
MarsLibra7°44′Direct
JupiterAquarius10°34′Direct
SaturnVirgo19°05′Retrograde
UranusCancer1°58′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra17°21′Direct
PlutoLeo17°26′Retrograde

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