Novelist

Iain Banks

Wrote literary fiction as Iain Banks and the Culture science fiction novels as Iain M. Banks, and refused to treat either as the lesser one. He announced his terminal diagnosis publicly and married his partner weeks later.

Born1954-02-16, Dunfermline, ScotlandA Tuesday
Died2013-06-09, North Queensferry, ScotlandA Sunday, aged 59
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1954-02-16, Dunfermline, Scotland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunAquarius27°17′Direct
MoonLeo12°21′Direct
MercuryPisces14°54′Direct
VenusPisces1°30′Direct
MarsSagittarius3°41′Direct
JupiterGemini16°28′Direct
SaturnScorpio9°21′Direct
UranusCancer19°39′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra25°57′Retrograde
PlutoLeo23°42′Retrograde

This is Iain Banks's chart for 1954-02-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2013-06-09, North Queensferry, Scotland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunGemini18°46′Direct
MoonGemini27°24′Direct
MercuryCancer12°42′Direct
VenusCancer7°46′Direct
MarsGemini6°24′Direct
JupiterGemini26°11′Direct
SaturnScorpio5°28′Retrograde
UranusAries11°56′Direct
NeptunePisces5°22′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn10°50′Retrograde

This is Iain Banks's chart for 2013-06-09, 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 Iain Banks 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.