Media theorist

Marshall McLuhan

Said the medium is the message and described a global village in the early 1960s, three decades before the web made both look prophetic.

Born1911-07-21, Edmonton, CanadaA Friday
Died1980-12-31, Toronto, CanadaA Wednesday, aged 69
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1911-07-21, Edmonton, Canada · time unknown, noon chart

America/Edmontonthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer27°52′Direct
MoonGemini1°23′Direct
MercuryLeo16°02′Direct
VenusVirgo12°29′Direct
MarsTaurus4°01′Direct
JupiterScorpio5°11′Direct
SaturnTaurus18°38′Direct
UranusCapricorn27°21′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer21°32′Direct
PlutoGemini28°10′Direct

This is Marshall McLuhan's chart for 1911-07-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1980-12-31, Toronto, Canada · time unknown, noon chart

America/Torontothe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn10°11′Direct
MoonScorpio6°37′Direct
MercuryCapricorn10°21′Direct
VenusSagittarius16°46′Direct
MarsAquarius0°36′Direct
JupiterLibra9°29′Direct
SaturnLibra9°29′Direct
UranusScorpio28°23′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius23°02′Direct
PlutoLibra24°08′Direct

This is Marshall McLuhan's chart for 1980-12-31, the day they died, cast the same way a birth chart is cast. Cast one for any recorded date. It predicts nothing: the date is one you already have.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Marshall McLuhan was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.