Novelist

Raymond Chandler

Started writing at forty-four after losing an oil executive job to drink, and gave the detective novel a prose style people read it for.

Born1888-07-23, Chicago, Illinois, USAA Monday
Died1959-03-26, La Jolla, California, USAA Thursday, aged 70
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1888-07-23, Chicago, Illinois, 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
SunLeo1°13′Direct
MoonAquarius7°48′Direct
MercuryCancer13°37′Direct
VenusLeo4°32′Direct
MarsScorpio0°48′Direct
JupiterScorpio26°30′Direct
SaturnLeo8°53′Direct
UranusLibra13°36′Direct
NeptuneGemini1°50′Direct
PlutoGemini5°39′Direct

This is Raymond Chandler's chart for 1888-07-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1959-03-26, La Jolla, California, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries5°24′Direct
MoonScorpio3°10′Direct
MercuryAries10°04′Retrograde
VenusTaurus7°10′Direct
MarsGemini21°57′Direct
JupiterSagittarius1°53′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn6°42′Direct
UranusLeo12°29′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio6°23′Retrograde
PlutoVirgo2°12′Retrograde

This is Raymond Chandler's chart for 1959-03-26, 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 Chandler 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.