Novelist

J. D. Salinger

Published The Catcher in the Rye in 1951 and then almost nothing for the last forty-five years of his life, refusing interviews and adaptations.

Born1919-01-01, New York, New York, USAA Wednesday
Died2010-01-27, Cornish, New Hampshire, USAA Wednesday, aged 91
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1919-01-01, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunCapricorn10°14′Direct
MoonCapricorn2°38′Direct
MercurySagittarius18°34′Direct
VenusCapricorn19°33′Direct
MarsAquarius9°40′Direct
JupiterCancer10°50′Retrograde
SaturnLeo27°46′Retrograde
UranusAquarius25°11′Direct
NeptuneLeo8°40′Retrograde
PlutoCancer5°30′Retrograde

This is J. D. Salinger's chart for 1919-01-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2010-01-27, Cornish, New Hampshire, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunAquarius7°39′Direct
MoonCancer1°49′Direct
MercuryCapricorn12°55′Direct
VenusAquarius11°26′Direct
MarsLeo10°38′Retrograde
JupiterPisces2°10′Direct
SaturnLibra4°28′Retrograde
UranusPisces24°01′Direct
NeptuneAquarius25°28′Direct
PlutoCapricorn4°13′Direct

This is J. D. Salinger's chart for 2010-01-27, 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 J. D. Salinger 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.