Novelist
John Updike
Wrote about sixty books, including four Rabbit novels tracking one ordinary American across four decades, two of which won Pulitzers.
John Hoyer Updike was an American novelist, poet, short-story writer, art critic, and literary critic. One of only four writers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction more than once, Updike published more than twenty novels, more than a dozen short-story collections, as well as poetry, art and literary criticism and children's books during his career.
- Born
- 1932-03-18, Reading, Pennsylvania, USAA Friday
- Died
- 2009-01-27, Danvers, Massachusetts, USAA Tuesday, aged 76
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1932-03-18, Reading, Pennsylvania, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 27°53′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 6°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 15°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 10°59′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 17°48′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 13°17′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 2°14′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 18°06′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 6°02′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°00′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2009-01-27, Danvers, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 7°53′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 23°14′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 23°12′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Pisces | 24°23′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 23°51′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 5°11′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 21°07′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 20°14′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 23°20′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 2°10′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment John Updike 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.