Comics artist
Jack Kirby
Co-created most of the Marvel universe and spent much of his life fighting for credit and the return of his original artwork.
Jack Kirby was an American comic book artist, widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators. He grew up in New York City and learned to draw cartoon figures by tracing characters from comic strips and editorial cartoons. He entered the nascent comics industry in the 1930s, drawing various comics features under different pen names, including Jack Curtiss, before settling on Jack Kirby. In 1940, he and writer-editor Joe Simon created the highly successful superhero character Captain America for Timely Comics, predecessor of Marvel Comics. During the 1940s, Kirby regularly teamed with Simon, creating numerous characters for that company and for National Comics Publications, later to become DC Comics.
- Born
- 1917-08-28, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 1994-02-06, Thousand Oaks, California, USAA Sunday, aged 76
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1917-08-28, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 4°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 11°34′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 1°14′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 7°27′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 20°41′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 9°47′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 8°12′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 21°12′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 5°44′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 5°15′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1994-02-06, Thousand Oaks, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 17°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 2°13′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 5°49′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 22°47′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 7°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 13°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 1°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 23°43′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 21°49′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 27°55′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jack Kirby 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.
