Poet & campaigner

John Betjeman

Poet Laureate, and the man who saved St Pancras station from demolition. There is a statue of him inside it.

Born1906-08-28, London, EnglandA Tuesday
Died1984-05-19, Trebetherick, Cornwall, EnglandA Saturday, aged 77
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1906-08-28, 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
SunVirgo4°15′Direct
MoonSagittarius23°43′Direct
MercuryLeo16°11′Direct
VenusLibra19°12′Direct
MarsLeo20°27′Direct
JupiterCancer5°20′Direct
SaturnPisces12°13′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn4°37′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer11°59′Direct
PlutoGemini23°38′Direct

This is John Betjeman's chart for 1906-08-28, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1984-05-19, Trebetherick, Cornwall, 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°38′Direct
MoonCapricorn21°40′Direct
MercuryTaurus3°15′Direct
VenusTaurus21°12′Direct
MarsScorpio17°56′Retrograde
JupiterCapricorn12°21′Retrograde
SaturnScorpio11°53′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius12°06′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn0°52′Retrograde
PlutoLibra29°58′Retrograde

This is John Betjeman's chart for 1984-05-19, 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 John Betjeman 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.