Novelist
Italo Calvino
Wrote Invisible Cities and If on a Winter's Night a Traveller, and fought with the Italian partisans as a teenager.
Italo Calvino was an Italian novelist and short story writer. His best-known works include the Our Ancestors trilogy (1952 to 1959), the Cosmicomics collection of short stories (1965), and the novels Invisible Cities (1972) and If on a winter's night a traveler (1979).
- Born
- 1923-10-15, Havana, CubaA Monday
- Died
- 1985-09-19, Siena, ItalyA Thursday, aged 61
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1923-10-15, Havana, Cuba · time unknown, noon chart
America/Havanathe zone used then
America/HavanaThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 21°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 6°52′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 3°22′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 0°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 28°26′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 21°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 22°50′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 14°14′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 19°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°22′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1985-09-19, Siena, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 26°24′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 29°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 23°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 26°42′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 5°55′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 7°26′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 23°50′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 14°16′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 0°51′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 3°11′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Italo Calvino 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.