Novelist
Min Jin Lee
Korean American novelist of Pachinko, researched across two decades and set among Koreans in Japan. Born in Seoul and raised in Queens.
Min Jin Lee is a Korean American author based in Harlem, New York City; her work frequently deals with the Korean diaspora. She is best known for writing Free Food for Millionaires (2007) and Pachinko (2017), a finalist for the National Book Award, and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. In 2019, Lee became a writer-in-residence at Amherst College in Massachusetts. Her upcoming third novel in her Korean quartet, titled American Hagwon, will be released on September 29, 2026.
- Born
- 1968-11-11, Seoul, South KoreaA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- South Korea
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1968-11-11, Seoul, South Korea · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Seoulthe zone used then
Asia/SeoulThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 18°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 23°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 4°03′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 25°25′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 1°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 29°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 20°05′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 2°29′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 25°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 24°30′ | Direct |
Min Jin Lee 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 Min Jin Lee 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.