Novelist
Herman Wouk
The Caine Mutiny, and still publishing at a hundred.
Herman Wouk was an American author. He published 15 novels, many of them historical fiction such as The Caine Mutiny (1951), for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1952. Other well-known works included The Winds of War and War and Remembrance, the bildungsroman Marjorie Morningstar; and non-fiction such as This Is My God, an explanation of Judaism from a Modern Orthodox perspective, written for Jewish and non-Jewish readers. His books have been translated into 27 languages.
- Born
- 1915-05-27, The Bronx, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 2019-05-17, Palm Springs, USAA Friday, aged 103
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1915-05-27, The Bronx, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 5°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 18°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 27°58′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 6°42′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 1°10′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 24°20′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 1°50′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 15°39′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 28°16′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 1°04′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2019-05-17, Palm Springs, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 26°35′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 12°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 22°03′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 2°53′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 1°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 22°19′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 20°15′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 3°55′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 18°23′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 23°01′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Herman Wouk 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.