Novelist
Jack Kerouac
Wrote On the Road on a 120-foot roll of paper in three weeks, then waited six years for a publisher. He drank himself to death at forty-seven.
Jean-Louis Lebris de Kérouac, known as Jack Kerouac, was an American novelist and poet who, alongside William S. Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg, was a pioneer of the Beat Generation.
- Born
- 1922-03-12, Lowell, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 1969-10-21, St Petersburg, Florida, USAA Tuesday, aged 47
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1922-03-12, Lowell, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 21°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 10°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 23°49′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 29°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 10°29′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 16°45′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 5°15′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 10°15′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 13°39′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 7°57′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1969-10-21, St Petersburg, Florida, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 28°05′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 11°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 12°06′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 5°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 20°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 18°57′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 6°03′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 5°53′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 27°20′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 26°07′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jack Kerouac 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.