Humorist & cartoonist

James Thurber

Wrote for the New Yorker for decades and drew dogs badly on purpose, going nearly blind in the process and drawing on huge sheets with a black crayon.

Born1894-12-08, Columbus, Ohio, USAA Saturday
Died1961-11-02, New York, New York, USAA Thursday, aged 66
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1894-12-08, Columbus, Ohio, 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
SunSagittarius16°38′Direct
MoonAries23°16′Direct
MercuryScorpio29°31′Direct
VenusSagittarius18°36′Direct
MarsAries23°10′Direct
JupiterCancer3°10′Retrograde
SaturnScorpio3°31′Direct
UranusScorpio17°30′Direct
NeptuneGemini14°20′Retrograde
PlutoGemini10°40′Retrograde

This is James Thurber's chart for 1894-12-08, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1961-11-02, 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
SunScorpio10°02′Direct
MoonVirgo5°15′Direct
MercuryLibra22°39′Direct
VenusLibra19°21′Direct
MarsScorpio22°01′Direct
JupiterCapricorn29°49′Direct
SaturnCapricorn24°17′Direct
UranusVirgo0°01′Direct
NeptuneScorpio11°00′Direct
PlutoVirgo9°43′Direct

This is James Thurber's chart for 1961-11-02, 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 Thurber 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.