Broadcaster & writer
Melvyn Bragg
Presenter of The South Bank Show for thirty three years and of In Our Time since 1998, and a novelist. Born in Carlisle, Cumberland.
Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, is an English broadcaster, author, and parliamentarian. Earlier in his career, Bragg worked for the BBC in various roles including presenter, a connection that resumed in 1988 when he began to host Start the Week on BBC Radio 4. He was also the editor and presenter of The South Bank Show, and served as Chancellor of the University of Leeds from 1999 until 2017.
- Born
- 1939-10-06, Carlisle, EnglandA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1939-10-06, Carlisle, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 12°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 15°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 22°26′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 20°27′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 5°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 2°37′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aries | 29°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 21°22′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 23°47′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°44′ | Direct |
Melvyn Bragg is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Melvyn Bragg 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.