Novelist

Ralph Ellison

Published Invisible Man in 1952, won the National Book Award, and then spent forty years on a second novel he never finished.

Born1914-03-01, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USAA Sunday
Died1994-04-16, New York, New York, USAA Saturday, aged 80
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1914-03-01, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunPisces10°19′Direct
MoonTaurus1°54′Direct
MercuryPisces24°47′Retrograde
VenusPisces14°41′Direct
MarsCancer7°17′Direct
JupiterAquarius9°00′Direct
SaturnGemini11°30′Direct
UranusAquarius9°24′Direct
NeptuneCancer25°46′Retrograde
PlutoGemini29°06′Retrograde

This is Ralph Ellison's chart for 1914-03-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1994-04-16, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunAries26°25′Direct
MoonGemini28°07′Direct
MercuryAries12°11′Direct
VenusTaurus18°16′Direct
MarsAries1°29′Direct
JupiterScorpio11°29′Retrograde
SaturnPisces8°55′Direct
UranusCapricorn26°15′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn23°19′Direct
PlutoScorpio27°30′Retrograde

This is Ralph Ellison's chart for 1994-04-16, 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 Ralph Ellison 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.