Novelist

John Gardner

Grendel, and On Moral Fiction which started a literary war.

Born
1933-07-21, Batavia, USAA Friday
Died
1982-09-14, Susquehanna River, USAA Tuesday, aged 49
At birth
Sun in Cancer, Moon in Cancer
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1933-07-21, Batavia, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer28°24′Direct
MoonCancer17°14′Direct
MercuryLeo12°20′Retrograde
VenusLeo22°40′Direct
MarsLibra8°13′Direct
JupiterVirgo20°07′Direct
SaturnAquarius14°09′Retrograde
UranusAries27°21′Direct
NeptuneVirgo8°25′Direct
PlutoCancer23°08′Direct

This is John Gardner's chart for 1933-07-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1982-09-14, Susquehanna River, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112☽♀☉☿♄♇♃♂♅♆ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo21°30′Direct
MoonLeo13°54′Direct
MercuryLibra16°23′Direct
VenusVirgo8°22′Direct
MarsScorpio26°21′Direct
JupiterScorpio8°27′Direct
SaturnLibra21°07′Direct
UranusSagittarius1°08′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius24°17′Direct
PlutoLibra25°29′Direct

This is John Gardner's chart for 1982-09-14, 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 Gardner 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.