Novelist & philosopher

Iris Murdoch

Wrote twenty-six novels and serious moral philosophy alongside them. Her decline into Alzheimer's was documented by her husband in a memoir that changed public understanding of it.

Born1919-07-15, Dublin, IrelandA Tuesday
Died1999-02-08, Oxford, EnglandA Monday, aged 79
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1919-07-15, Dublin, Ireland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Dublinthe 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
SunCancer21°53′Direct
MoonAquarius18°19′Direct
MercuryLeo18°25′Direct
VenusVirgo6°56′Direct
MarsCancer4°32′Direct
JupiterCancer26°00′Direct
SaturnLeo26°37′Direct
UranusPisces1°08′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo8°23′Direct
PlutoCancer6°33′Direct

This is Iris Murdoch's chart for 1919-07-15, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1999-02-08, Oxford, England · 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
SunAquarius19°15′Direct
MoonScorpio19°17′Direct
MercuryAquarius22°29′Direct
VenusPisces13°27′Direct
MarsScorpio4°53′Direct
JupiterPisces29°00′Direct
SaturnAries28°15′Direct
UranusAquarius13°08′Direct
NeptuneAquarius2°29′Direct
PlutoSagittarius10°10′Direct

This is Iris Murdoch's chart for 1999-02-08, 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 Iris Murdoch 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.