Writer
Jorge Luis Borges
Wrote almost nothing longer than twenty pages and changed world literature with it. He was made director of the National Library as he was going blind, an irony he noted himself.
Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator regarded as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known works, Ficciones (transl. Fictions) and El Aleph, published in the 1940s, are collections of short stories exploring motifs such as dreams, labyrinths, chance, infinity, archives, mirrors, fictional writers, and mythology. Borges's works have contributed to philosophical literature and the fantasy genre, and have had a major influence on the magical realist movement in 20th century Latin American literature.
- Born
- 1899-08-24, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaA Thursday
- Died
- 1986-06-14, Geneva, SwitzerlandA Saturday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- Argentina
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1899-08-24, Buenos Aires, Argentina · time unknown, noon chart
America/Argentina/Buenos_Airesthe zone used then
America/Argentina/Buenos_AiresThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 1°14′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 19°48′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 22°11′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Leo | 25°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 11°51′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 4°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 17°04′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 4°03′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 26°39′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 16°36′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1986-06-14, Geneva, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 23°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 9°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 15°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 28°23′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 22°55′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 21°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 5°09′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 20°15′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 4°45′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 4°47′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Jorge Luis Borges 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.