Author and philologist

J. R. R. Tolkien

Professor of Anglo-Saxon who invented languages first and wrote the books to give them somewhere to be spoken.

Born
1892-01-03, Bloemfontein, South AfricaA Sunday
Died
1973-09-02, Bournemouth, EnglandA Sunday, aged 81
At birth
Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1892-01-03, Bloemfontein, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn12°33′Direct
MoonAquarius24°47′Direct
MercuryCapricorn0°25′Retrograde
VenusAquarius8°44′Direct
MarsScorpio16°32′Direct
JupiterPisces13°52′Direct
SaturnLibra0°06′Direct
UranusScorpio5°27′Direct
NeptuneGemini6°45′Retrograde
PlutoGemini7°15′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1973-09-02, Bournemouth, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo9°49′Direct
MoonScorpio15°33′Direct
MercuryVirgo9°27′Direct
VenusLibra17°08′Direct
MarsTaurus7°07′Direct
JupiterAquarius3°22′Retrograde
SaturnCancer2°58′Direct
UranusLibra20°48′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius4°44′Direct
PlutoLibra3°20′Direct

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Their Astrocartography

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