Novelist
Philip Pullman
Author of His Dark Materials, and a schoolteacher in Oxford for twelve years before writing full time. Born in Norwich, Norfolk.
Sir Philip Nicholas Outram Pullman is an English writer. He is best known for the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials. The first volume, Northern Lights (1995), won the Carnegie Medal and later the "Carnegie of Carnegies". The third volume, The Amber Spyglass (2000), won the Whitbread Award. In 2017, he started a companion trilogy, The Book of Dust, of which the final novel, The Rose Field, was published in October 2025.
- Born
- 1946-10-19, Norwich, Norfolk, EnglandA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1946-10-19, Norwich, Norfolk, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 25°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 20°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 16°37′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 1°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 17°02′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 5°05′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 7°56′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 21°36′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 8°59′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 13°12′ | Direct |
Philip Pullman 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 Philip Pullman 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.