Poet
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Expelled from Oxford for a pamphlet on atheism, he drowned in a storm off Italy at twenty-nine. His heart reportedly would not burn and his wife kept it.
Percy Bysshe Shelley was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily following his death, and he became an important influence on subsequent generations of poets, including Robert Browning, Algernon Charles Swinburne, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats. American literary critic Harold Bloom describes him as "a superb craftsman, a lyric poet without rival, and surely one of the most advanced sceptical intellects ever to write a poem."
- Born
- 1792-08-04, Horsham, Sussex, EnglandA Saturday
- Died
- 1822-07-08, Lerici, ItalyA Monday, aged 29
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1792-08-04, Horsham, Sussex, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 12°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 9°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 4°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 12°04′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 24°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 24°44′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 2°07′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 18°54′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 27°15′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 22°35′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1822-07-08, Lerici, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 15°38′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 2°02′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 24°41′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Gemini | 5°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 25°47′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 27°45′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 8°24′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 4°57′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 3°32′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries | 0°58′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Percy Bysshe Shelley 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.
