Poet
Mark Strand
A Pulitzer, and a poet laureate who had trained as a painter.
Mark Strand was a Canadian-born American poet, essayist and translator. He was appointed Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress in 1990 and received the Wallace Stevens Award in 2004. Strand was a professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University from 2005 until his death in 2014.
- Born
- 1934-04-11, Summerside, CanadaA Wednesday
- Died
- 2014-11-29, Brooklyn, USAA Saturday, aged 80
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1934-04-11, Summerside, Canada · time unknown, noon chart
America/Halifaxthe zone used then
America/HalifaxThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 21°04′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 21°34′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 25°05′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 4°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 21°43′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 17°56′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 25°34′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°00′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 10°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 22°32′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2014-11-29, Brooklyn, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 7°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 11°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 2°32′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 16°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 25°54′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 22°29′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 27°16′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 12°46′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 4°51′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 12°05′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Mark Strand 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.