Writer & journalist
Rebecca West
Reported the Nuremberg trials and wrote a half-million word book about Yugoslavia that is still the standard work. She took her pen name from an Ibsen character.
Dame Cecily Isabel Fairfield, known as Rebecca West, or Dame Rebecca West, was a British author, journalist, literary critic and travel writer. An author who wrote in many genres, West reviewed books for The Times, the New York Herald Tribune, The Sunday Telegraph and The New Republic, and she was a correspondent for The Bookman.
- Born
- 1892-12-21, London, EnglandA Wednesday
- Died
- 1983-03-15, London, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 90
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1892-12-21, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 0°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 24°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 12°28′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio | 28°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 25°48′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 15°13′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 11°57′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 9°26′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 9°21′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 8°26′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1983-03-15, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 24°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 3°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 14°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 25°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 14°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 10°40′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 3°37′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 9°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 29°09′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 29°02′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Rebecca West 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.