Novelist

Joseph Heller

Catch-22, and a phrase that entered the language.

Born
1923-05-01, Coney Island, USAA Tuesday
Died
1999-12-12, East Hampton, USAA Sunday, aged 76
At birth
Sun in Taurus, Moon in Scorpio
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1923-05-01, Coney Island, 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
SunTaurus10°15′Direct
MoonScorpio21°13′Direct
MercuryGemini0°34′Direct
VenusAries6°05′Direct
MarsGemini10°32′Direct
JupiterScorpio14°34′Retrograde
SaturnLibra15°00′Retrograde
UranusPisces16°28′Direct
NeptuneLeo15°23′Direct
PlutoCancer9°22′Direct

This is Joseph Heller's chart for 1923-05-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1999-12-12, East Hampton, 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
SunSagittarius20°13′Direct
MoonAquarius12°00′Direct
MercurySagittarius2°14′Direct
VenusScorpio7°55′Direct
MarsAquarius12°37′Direct
JupiterAries25°07′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus11°07′Retrograde
UranusAquarius13°54′Direct
NeptuneAquarius2°32′Direct
PlutoSagittarius10°43′Direct

This is Joseph Heller's chart for 1999-12-12, 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 Joseph Heller 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.

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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.