Novelist

Herman Melville

Moby-Dick sold badly and he spent nineteen years as a customs inspector in New York. The book was rediscovered thirty years after he died.

Born1819-08-01, New York, New York, USAA Sunday
Died1891-09-28, New York, New York, USAA Monday, aged 72
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1819-08-01, New York, 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
SunLeo8°31′Direct
MoonSagittarius9°32′Direct
MercuryVirgo4°13′Direct
VenusCancer20°05′Direct
MarsGemini7°33′Direct
JupiterAquarius12°45′Retrograde
SaturnAries0°25′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius20°51′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius26°16′Retrograde
PlutoPisces27°23′Retrograde

This is Herman Melville's chart for 1819-08-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1891-09-28, New York, 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
SunLibra5°15′Direct
MoonLeo18°00′Direct
MercuryVirgo17°25′Direct
VenusLibra7°56′Direct
MarsVirgo15°15′Direct
JupiterPisces10°12′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo22°19′Direct
UranusScorpio0°07′Direct
NeptuneGemini8°59′Retrograde
PlutoGemini8°47′Retrograde

This is Herman Melville's chart for 1891-09-28, 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 Herman Melville 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.