Novelist
Honoré 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.
Honoré de Balzac was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence La Comédie humaine, described as a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is generally viewed as his magnum opus.
- Born
- 1799-05-20, Tours, FranceA Monday
- Died
- 1850-08-18, Paris, FranceA Sunday, aged 51
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1799-05-20, Tours, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 29°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 15°25′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 11°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 3°08′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 7°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 6°33′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 22°24′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 18°12′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 13°15′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Pisces | 3°08′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1850-08-18, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 25°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 7°24′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 11°45′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 6°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 26°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 25°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 20°47′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 0°15′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 5°56′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries | 29°48′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Honoré de Balzac 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.