Jockey
Lester Piggott
Won the Derby nine times and rode at a weight that required near-starvation for forty years. He served a year in prison for tax fraud and came back to win at fifty-four.
Lester Keith Piggott was an English professional jockey and horse trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest flat racing jockeys of all time and the originator of a much-imitated style. Popularly called "The Long Fellow", he was known for his competitive personality, restricting his weight and, on occasion, not sparing the whip, such as in the 1972 Derby. Piggott was convicted of tax fraud in 1987 and sentenced to three years in prison, but served just over a year.
- Born
- 1935-11-05, Wantage, Oxfordshire, EnglandA Tuesday
- Died
- 2022-05-29, Geneva, SwitzerlandA Sunday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1935-11-05, Wantage, Oxfordshire, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 12°08′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 2°10′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 23°50′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 26°11′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 5°46′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 29°12′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 3°30′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 3°09′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 16°13′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 27°24′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2022-05-29, Geneva, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 8°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 26°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 26°56′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Taurus | 0°56′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 3°18′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 3°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 25°13′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 16°09′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 25°12′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 28°23′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lester Piggott 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.