Novelist & essayist

Jonathan Franzen

Novelist of The Corrections and Freedom, and a serious birdwatcher who writes about conservation. Born in Western Springs, Illinois.

Born1959-08-17, Western Springs, Illinois, USAA Monday
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1959-08-17, Western Springs, Illinois, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunLeo24°02′Direct
MoonAquarius13°27′Direct
MercuryLeo7°52′Direct
VenusVirgo15°13′Retrograde
MarsVirgo17°41′Direct
JupiterScorpio23°18′Direct
SaturnCapricorn0°43′Retrograde
UranusLeo17°09′Direct
NeptuneScorpio4°27′Direct
PlutoVirgo3°35′Direct

This is Jonathan Franzen's chart for 1959-08-17, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Jonathan Franzen is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jonathan Franzen 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.