Novelist

Naguib Mahfouz

The first Arabic language writer to win the Nobel Prize. He was stabbed in the neck at eighty-two by an extremist and never fully recovered the use of his writing hand.

Born1911-12-11, Cairo, EgyptA Monday
Died2006-08-30, Cairo, EgyptA Wednesday, aged 94
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1911-12-11, Cairo, Egypt · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Cairothe 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
SunSagittarius18°15′Direct
MoonVirgo1°29′Direct
MercuryCapricorn8°38′Direct
VenusScorpio2°13′Direct
MarsTaurus26°34′Retrograde
JupiterSagittarius0°12′Direct
SaturnTaurus14°25′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn27°09′Direct
NeptuneCancer23°16′Retrograde
PlutoGemini28°10′Retrograde

This is Naguib Mahfouz's chart for 1911-12-11, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2006-08-30, Cairo, Egypt · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Cairothe 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
SunVirgo6°51′Direct
MoonScorpio18°39′Direct
MercuryVirgo5°04′Direct
VenusLeo21°30′Direct
MarsVirgo24°20′Direct
JupiterScorpio13°10′Direct
SaturnLeo17°45′Direct
UranusPisces12°59′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius17°54′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius24°05′Retrograde

This is Naguib Mahfouz's chart for 2006-08-30, 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 Naguib Mahfouz 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
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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.