Novelist

Honore de Balzac

Wrote about ninety novels and stories linked into one scheme, La Comedie humaine, on black coffee and very little sleep. He worked himself to death at fifty-one.

Born1799-05-20, Tours, FranceA Monday
Died1850-08-18, Paris, FranceA Sunday, aged 51
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1799-05-20, Tours, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunTaurus29°22′Direct
MoonSagittarius15°25′Direct
MercuryTaurus11°51′Direct
VenusCancer3°08′Direct
MarsCancer7°57′Direct
JupiterGemini6°33′Direct
SaturnCancer22°24′Direct
UranusVirgo18°12′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio13°15′Retrograde
PlutoPisces3°08′Direct

This is Honore de Balzac's chart for 1799-05-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1850-08-18, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunLeo25°07′Direct
MoonCapricorn7°24′Direct
MercuryVirgo11°45′Direct
VenusLibra6°22′Direct
MarsVirgo26°52′Direct
JupiterVirgo25°08′Direct
SaturnAries20°47′Retrograde
UranusTaurus0°15′Retrograde
NeptunePisces5°56′Retrograde
PlutoAries29°48′Retrograde

This is Honore de Balzac's chart for 1850-08-18, 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 Honore de Balzac 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.