Novelist

John Updike

Wrote about sixty books, including four Rabbit novels tracking one ordinary American across four decades, two of which won Pulitzers.

Born1932-03-18, Reading, Pennsylvania, USAA Friday
Died2009-01-27, Danvers, Massachusetts, USAA Tuesday, aged 76
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1932-03-18, Reading, Pennsylvania, 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
SunPisces27°53′Direct
MoonLeo6°17′Direct
MercuryAries15°19′Direct
VenusTaurus10°59′Direct
MarsPisces17°48′Direct
JupiterLeo13°17′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius2°14′Direct
UranusAries18°06′Direct
NeptuneVirgo6°02′Retrograde
PlutoCancer20°00′Retrograde

This is John Updike's chart for 1932-03-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2009-01-27, Danvers, Massachusetts, 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
SunAquarius7°53′Direct
MoonAquarius23°14′Direct
MercuryCapricorn23°12′Retrograde
VenusPisces24°23′Direct
MarsCapricorn23°51′Direct
JupiterAquarius5°11′Direct
SaturnVirgo21°07′Retrograde
UranusPisces20°14′Direct
NeptuneAquarius23°20′Direct
PlutoCapricorn2°10′Direct

This is John Updike's chart for 2009-01-27, 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 Updike 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.