Novelist

Julio Cortazar

Wrote Hopscotch, a novel with two reading orders, and some of the best short stories in Spanish. He left Argentina for Paris and stayed thirty years.

Born1914-08-26, Brussels, BelgiumA Wednesday
Died1984-02-12, Paris, FranceA Sunday, aged 69
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1914-08-26, Brussels, Belgium · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Brusselsthe 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
SunVirgo2°23′Direct
MoonScorpio9°48′Direct
MercuryLeo28°06′Direct
VenusLibra17°21′Direct
MarsLibra7°35′Direct
JupiterAquarius15°22′Retrograde
SaturnCancer0°08′Direct
UranusAquarius8°43′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer29°13′Direct
PlutoCancer1°57′Direct

This is Julio Cortazar's chart for 1914-08-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1984-02-12, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunAquarius22°55′Direct
MoonGemini20°37′Direct
MercuryAquarius5°02′Direct
VenusCapricorn21°41′Direct
MarsScorpio15°16′Direct
JupiterCapricorn4°48′Direct
SaturnScorpio16°15′Direct
UranusSagittarius13°01′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn0°44′Direct
PlutoScorpio2°06′Retrograde

This is Julio Cortazar's chart for 1984-02-12, 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 Julio Cortazar 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
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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.