Novelist
Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian novelist of The Feast of the Goat and Conversation in the Cathedral, a Nobel laureate, and once a candidate for his country's presidency.
Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa, 1st Marquess of Vargas Llosa was a Peruvian novelist, journalist, essayist, and politician. Vargas Llosa was one of the most significant Latin American novelists and essayists and one of the leading writers of his generation. Some critics consider him to have had a more substantial international impact and worldwide audience than any other writer of the Latin American Boom. In 2010, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature for "his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat".
- Born
- 1936-03-28, Arequipa, PeruA Saturday
- Died
- 2025-04-13, Lima, PeruA Sunday, aged 89
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- Dominican Republic
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1936-03-28, Arequipa, Peru · time unknown, noon chart
America/Limathe zone used then
America/LimaThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 7°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 23°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 25°23′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 13°37′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 26°53′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 24°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 15°51′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 3°54′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 14°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 25°10′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2025-04-13, Lima, Peru · time unknown, noon chart
America/Limathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 24°00′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 1°31′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 28°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 24°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 28°11′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 18°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 25°58′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 25°22′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aries | 0°31′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 3°42′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Mario Vargas Llosa 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.