Biographer

James Boswell

Followed Samuel Johnson around for twenty years taking notes, and produced what is generally called the greatest biography in English.

Born1740-10-29, Edinburgh, ScotlandA Saturday
Died1795-05-19, London, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 54
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1740-10-29, Edinburgh, Scotland · 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
SunScorpio6°24′Direct
MoonAquarius24°46′Direct
MercuryScorpio11°40′Direct
VenusVirgo19°52′Direct
MarsCancer25°47′Direct
JupiterCancer10°58′Retrograde
SaturnLeo7°57′Direct
UranusCapricorn11°20′Direct
NeptuneCancer7°30′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio8°36′Direct

This is James Boswell's chart for 1740-10-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1795-05-19, London, 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
SunTaurus28°23′Direct
MoonGemini10°22′Direct
MercuryTaurus21°31′Direct
VenusAries20°37′Direct
MarsGemini10°48′Direct
JupiterAquarius7°18′Direct
SaturnGemini2°26′Direct
UranusLeo29°09′Direct
NeptuneScorpio4°22′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius27°43′Direct

This is James Boswell's chart for 1795-05-19, 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 James Boswell 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.