Neurologist & writer
Oliver Sacks
Wrote case histories as literature, in Awakenings and The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, and treated his patients as people with lives rather than symptoms.
Oliver Wolf Sacks was a British neurologist, naturalist, historian of science, and writer.
- Born
- 1933-07-09, London, EnglandA Sunday
- Died
- 2015-08-30, New York, New York, USAA Sunday, aged 82
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-07-09, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 16°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 13°59′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 11°18′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 7°48′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 1°22′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 18°10′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 14°57′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°10′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 8°05′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 22°49′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2015-08-30, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 6°58′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 19°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 3°35′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 15°17′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Leo | 13°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 4°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 28°55′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 20°01′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 8°26′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 13°08′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Oliver Sacks 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.