Writer
Lucia Berlin
American short story writer whose work found its audience posthumously.
Lucia Brown Berlin was an American short story writer. She had a small, devoted following, but did not reach a mass audience during her lifetime. She rose to sudden literary fame in 2015, eleven years after her death, with the publication of a volume of her selected stories, A Manual for Cleaning Women.
- Born
- 1936-11-12, Juneau, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 2004-11-12, Marina del Rey, USAA Friday, aged 68
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1936-11-12, Juneau, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Juneauthe zone used then
America/JuneauThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 20°16′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 5°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 16°57′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 25°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 28°55′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 25°47′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 15°49′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 7°04′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 18°33′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 28°43′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2004-11-12, Marina del Rey, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 20°46′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 23°55′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 11°21′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 18°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 1°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 10°03′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 27°19′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 2°52′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 12°42′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 20°55′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lucia Berlin 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.