Novelist
Maria Edgeworth
Wrote Castle Rackrent in 1800, one of the first regional novels and one of the first with an unreliable narrator, and was admired by Scott and Austen.
Maria Edgeworth was an Anglo-Irish novelist of adult and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held critical views on estate management, politics, and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. During the first decade of the 19th century she was one of the most widely read novelists in Britain and Ireland. Her name today is most commonly associated with Castle Rackrent, her first novel, in which she, while Anglican herself, used the voice of an Irish Catholic character to narrate the dissipation and decline of a family from her own landed Anglo-Irish class.
- Born
- 1768-01-01, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, EnglandA Friday
- Died
- 1849-05-22, Edgeworthstown, IrelandA Tuesday, aged 81
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1768-01-01, Black Bourton, Oxfordshire, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 10°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 7°19′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 17°52′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 23°56′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 1°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 20°49′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 29°43′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 29°22′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 7°15′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 11°31′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1849-05-22, Edgeworthstown, Ireland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Dublinthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 1°14′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 4°06′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 20°36′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 16°15′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Aries | 3°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 15°19′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 5°16′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 24°23′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 4°45′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aries | 28°08′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Maria Edgeworth 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.