Poet
Rita Dove
A Pulitzer, and the first Black poet laureate of the United States.
Rita Frances Dove is an American poet and essayist. She served as poet laureate consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress from 1993 to 1995, becoming the first African American appointed to the position after it was established in 1986. In 1987, she became the second African American to receive the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. Dove was special consultant in poetry to the Library of Congress during its bicentennial year (1999 to 2000) and served as Poet Laureate of Virginia from 2004 to 2006. She has been teaching at the University of Virginia since 1989.
- Born
- 1952-08-28, Akron, USAA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1952-08-28, Akron, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 5°16′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 7°19′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 17°13′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 23°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 0°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 20°44′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 12°51′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 17°09′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 19°49′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 21°38′ | Direct |
Rita Dove is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Rita Dove 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.