Author & activist
Helen Keller
Deaf and blind from nineteen months old, she was the first deafblind person to earn a degree, and campaigned for suffrage, labour rights and disability access for fifty years.
Helen Adams Keller was an American author, disability rights advocate, political activist and lecturer. Born in West Tuscumbia, Alabama, she lost her sight and her hearing after a bout of illness when she was 19 months old. She then communicated primarily using home signs until the age of seven, when she met her first teacher and life-long companion Anne Sullivan. Sullivan taught Keller language, including reading and writing. After an education at both specialist and mainstream schools, Keller attended Radcliffe College of Harvard University and became the first deafblind person in the United States to earn a college diploma.
- Born
- 1880-06-27, Tuscumbia, Alabama, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 1968-06-01, Easton, Connecticut, USAA Saturday, aged 87
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1880-06-27, Tuscumbia, Alabama, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 6°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 16°08′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 0°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 1°52′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 15°40′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 16°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 27°22′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 5°47′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Taurus | 13°39′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Taurus | 27°45′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1968-06-01, Easton, Connecticut, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 11°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 10°57′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 1°13′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 6°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 16°43′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 28°13′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 22°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 25°04′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 24°43′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 20°10′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Helen Keller 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.
