Illustrator & author

Raymond Briggs

Drew The Snowman without words, and When the Wind Blows, about an elderly couple following government advice through a nuclear attack.

Born1934-01-18, London, EnglandA Thursday
Died2022-08-09, Brighton, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 88
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1934-01-18, London, 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
SunCapricorn27°43′Direct
MoonPisces8°14′Direct
MercuryCapricorn26°40′Direct
VenusAquarius23°27′Retrograde
MarsAquarius16°48′Direct
JupiterLibra22°35′Direct
SaturnAquarius16°20′Direct
UranusAries23°34′Direct
NeptuneVirgo12°03′Retrograde
PlutoCancer23°34′Retrograde

This is Raymond Briggs's chart for 1934-01-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2022-08-09, Brighton, 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°51′Direct
MoonCapricorn10°06′Direct
MercuryVirgo8°21′Direct
VenusCancer27°10′Direct
MarsTaurus23°25′Direct
JupiterAries8°29′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius22°17′Retrograde
UranusTaurus18°49′Direct
NeptunePisces24°59′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn26°52′Retrograde

This is Raymond Briggs's chart for 2022-08-09, 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 Raymond Briggs 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.