Poet & librarian

Philip Larkin

Ran the university library in Hull for thirty years and published four thin collections that made him the most quoted English poet of his generation. He turned down the laureateship.

Born1922-08-09, Coventry, EnglandA Wednesday
Died1985-12-02, Hull, EnglandA Monday, aged 63
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1922-08-09, Coventry, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLeo16°03′Direct
MoonPisces5°47′Direct
MercuryLeo18°25′Direct
VenusVirgo28°57′Direct
MarsSagittarius14°41′Direct
JupiterLibra14°28′Direct
SaturnLibra4°16′Direct
UranusPisces12°37′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo15°42′Direct
PlutoCancer10°28′Direct

This is Philip Larkin's chart for 1922-08-09, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1985-12-02, Hull, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunSagittarius10°15′Direct
MoonLeo5°45′Direct
MercurySagittarius2°03′Retrograde
VenusScorpio28°41′Direct
MarsLibra22°23′Direct
JupiterAquarius12°34′Direct
SaturnSagittarius1°49′Direct
UranusSagittarius17°43′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn2°29′Direct
PlutoScorpio6°02′Direct

This is Philip Larkin's chart for 1985-12-02, 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 Philip Larkin 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.