Poet & critic

Matthew Arnold

Wrote Dover Beach and spent thirty-five years as a schools inspector, arguing that culture was the best that has been thought and said.

Born1822-12-24, Laleham, Surrey, EnglandA Tuesday
Died1888-04-15, Liverpool, EnglandA Sunday, aged 65
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1822-12-24, Laleham, Surrey, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunCapricorn2°11′Direct
MoonTaurus9°31′Direct
MercurySagittarius26°42′Direct
VenusCapricorn2°21′Direct
MarsCapricorn22°30′Direct
JupiterTaurus27°51′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus3°24′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn7°11′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn4°51′Direct
PlutoPisces28°54′Direct

This is Matthew Arnold's chart for 1822-12-24, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1888-04-15, Liverpool, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunAries25°56′Direct
MoonGemini10°50′Direct
MercuryAries2°43′Direct
VenusAries2°49′Direct
MarsLibra20°10′Retrograde
JupiterSagittarius5°27′Retrograde
SaturnCancer29°48′Direct
UranusLibra14°45′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus28°30′Direct
PlutoGemini3°38′Direct

This is Matthew Arnold's chart for 1888-04-15, 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 Matthew Arnold 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.