Novelist

Neal Stephenson

Author of Snow Crash, which coined the metaverse, and of Cryptonomicon. Born in Fort Meade, Maryland.

Born1959-10-31, Fort Meade, Maryland, USAA Saturday
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1959-10-31, Fort Meade, Maryland, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunScorpio7°31′Direct
MoonScorpio4°12′Direct
MercurySagittarius0°44′Direct
VenusVirgo21°23′Direct
MarsScorpio7°00′Direct
JupiterSagittarius5°09′Direct
SaturnCapricorn2°56′Direct
UranusLeo20°45′Direct
NeptuneScorpio6°43′Direct
PlutoVirgo5°47′Direct

This is Neal Stephenson's chart for 1959-10-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Neal Stephenson 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 Neal Stephenson 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.