Actress
Margaret Hamilton
The Wicked Witch of the West, and a schoolteacher before it.
Margaret Brainard Hamilton was an American character actress, vaudevillian and educator, whose fifty-year career in entertainment spanned theater, film, radio and television. She often played villains and is best known to modern audiences for her portrayal of the Wicked Witch of the West and her Kansas counterpart Almira Gulch in the 1939 MGM film The Wizard of Oz.
- Born
- 1902-12-09, Cleveland, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 1985-05-16, Salisbury, USAA Thursday, aged 82
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1902-12-09, Cleveland, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 16°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 3°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 15°08′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 19°16′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 25°07′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 13°56′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 25°21′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 21°11′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 2°44′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 18°43′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1985-05-16, Salisbury, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 25°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 20°28′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 3°58′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 13°41′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 13°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 16°22′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 24°45′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 16°49′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 3°10′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 2°43′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Margaret Hamilton 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.