Novelist
Marguerite Yourcenar
Memoirs of Hadrian, and the first woman elected to the Académie française.
Marguerite Yourcenar was a Belgian-born French novelist and essayist who became a US citizen in 1947. Winner of the Prix Femina and the Erasmus Prize, she was the first woman elected to the Académie Française, in 1980. In 1965, she was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
- Born
- 1903-06-08, Brussels, BelgiumA Monday
- Died
- 1987-12-17, Bar Harbor, USAA Thursday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- Belgium
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1903-06-08, Brussels, Belgium · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Brusselsthe zone used then
Europe/BrusselsThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 16°30′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 28°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 9°18′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Cancer | 29°18′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 2°21′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 21°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 9°02′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 23°56′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 2°45′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 19°06′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1987-12-17, Bar Harbor, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 25°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 14°38′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 22°04′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 24°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 15°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 19°46′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 23°47′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 26°48′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 7°14′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 11°35′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Marguerite Yourcenar 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.