Writer
Joan Aiken
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, and a hundred more books.
Joan Delano Aiken was an English writer specialising in supernatural fiction and children's alternative history novels. In 1999 she was awarded an MBE for her services to children's literature. For The Whispering Mountain, published by Jonathan Cape in 1968, she won the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize, a book award judged by a panel of British children's writers, and she was a commended runner-up for the Carnegie Medal from the Library Association, recognising the year's best children's book by a British writer. She won an Edgar Allan Poe Award (1972) for Night Fall.
- Born
- 1924-09-04, Rye, EnglandA Thursday
- Died
- 2004-01-04, The Hermitage, EnglandA Sunday, aged 79
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1924-09-04, Rye, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 11°36′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 16°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 24°51′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Cancer | 25°49′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 27°20′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 11°15′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 29°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 19°51′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 20°55′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 13°15′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2004-01-04, The Hermitage, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 13°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 8°51′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 26°36′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 17°30′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 11°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 18°54′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 9°27′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 0°12′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 11°48′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 20°37′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Joan Aiken 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.