Novelist
Patrick White
Australian novelist of Voss and The Tree of Man, and the first Australian Nobel laureate in literature.
Patrick Victor Martindale White was an Australian novelist and playwright who explored themes of religious experience, personal identity and the conflict between visionary individuals and a materialistic, conformist society. Influenced by the modernism of James Joyce, D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, he developed a complex literary style and a body of work that challenged the dominant realist prose tradition of his home country, was satirical of Australian society, and sharply divided local critics. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1973 and is the only Australian to have been awarded it.
- Born
- 1912-05-28, London, EnglandA Tuesday
- Died
- 1990-09-30, Sydney, AustraliaA Sunday, aged 78
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1912-05-28, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 6°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 7°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 16°14′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 26°15′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 0°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 11°01′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Taurus | 25°17′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 3°17′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 21°50′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 27°57′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1990-09-30, Sydney, Australia · time unknown, noon chart
Australia/Sydneythe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 6°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 10°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 20°39′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 28°13′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 11°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 8°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 18°44′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 5°42′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 11°48′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 16°08′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Patrick White 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.
