Novelist & screenwriter
Mario Puzo
The Godfather, and two Academy Awards for adapting it.
Mario Francis Puzo was an American author and screenwriter. He wrote crime novels about the Italian-American Mafia and Sicilian Mafia, most notably The Godfather (1969), which he later co-adapted into a film trilogy directed by Francis Ford Coppola. He received the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for the first film in 1972 and for its sequel Part II in 1974. Puzo also wrote the original screenplay for Superman (1978) and its 1980 sequel. His final novel, The Family, was released posthumously in 2001.
- Born
- 1920-10-15, New York City, USAA Friday
- Died
- 1999-07-02, Long Island, USAA Friday, aged 78
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1920-10-15, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 21°59′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 4°19′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 14°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 19°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 27°54′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 10°14′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 19°35′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 2°02′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 13°28′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 8°54′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1999-07-02, Long Island, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 10°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 23°18′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 5°29′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 23°37′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 29°11′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 0°39′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 14°22′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 16°07′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 3°35′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 8°18′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Mario Puzo 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.