Writer

Raymond Carver

The short stories that made American minimalism, and an editor who cut them hard.

Born
1938-05-25, Clatskanie, USAA Wednesday
Died
1988-08-02, Port Angeles, USAA Tuesday, aged 50
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aries
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1938-05-25, Clatskanie, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini3°55′Direct
MoonAries13°38′Direct
MercuryTaurus9°30′Direct
VenusCancer1°24′Direct
MarsGemini21°50′Direct
JupiterPisces1°07′Direct
SaturnAries14°35′Direct
UranusTaurus14°53′Direct
NeptuneVirgo18°22′Retrograde
PlutoCancer28°15′Direct

This is Raymond Carver's chart for 1938-05-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1988-08-02, Port Angeles, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♃♀☿☉♇♄℞♅℞♆℞♂☽ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo10°40′Direct
MoonAries15°06′Direct
MercuryLeo10°16′Direct
VenusGemini26°43′Direct
MarsAries7°42′Direct
JupiterGemini1°53′Direct
SaturnSagittarius26°31′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius27°29′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn7°58′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio9°48′Direct

This is Raymond Carver's chart for 1988-08-02, 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 Raymond Carver 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.