Novelist
Halldór Laxness
Icelandic novelist of Independent People, and his country's only Nobel laureate.
Halldór Kiljan Laxness was an Icelandic writer and winner of the 1955 Nobel Prize in Literature. He wrote novels, poetry, newspaper articles, essays, plays, travelogues and short stories. Writers who influenced Laxness include August Strindberg, Sigmund Freud, Knut Hamsun, Sinclair Lewis, Upton Sinclair, Bertolt Brecht, and Ernest Hemingway.
- Born
- 1902-04-23, Reykjavík, IcelandA Wednesday
- Died
- 1998-02-08, Mosfellsbær, IcelandA Sunday, aged 95
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1902-04-23, Reykjavík, Iceland · time unknown, noon chart
Atlantic/Reykjavikthe zone used then
Atlantic/ReykjavikThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 2°24′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 10°27′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 26°10′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 16°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 27°02′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 14°22′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 27°37′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 20°58′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 29°12′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 17°09′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1998-02-08, Mosfellsbær, Iceland · time unknown, noon chart
Atlantic/Reykjavikthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 19°31′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 15°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 9°24′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 18°36′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 11°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 0°57′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 16°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 9°19′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 0°23′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 7°47′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Halldór Laxness 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.