Humorist & actor

Robert Benchley

A New Yorker columnist whose short films won an Academy Award.

Born
1889-09-15, Worcester, USAA Sunday
Died
1945-11-21, New York City, USAA Wednesday, aged 56
At birth
Sun in Virgo, Moon in Gemini
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1889-09-15, Worcester, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunVirgo23°00′Direct
MoonGemini6°41′Direct
MercuryLibra18°39′Direct
VenusLeo16°20′Direct
MarsLeo25°13′Direct
JupiterSagittarius29°09′Direct
SaturnLeo27°35′Direct
UranusLibra20°32′Direct
NeptuneGemini4°33′Retrograde
PlutoGemini6°54′Retrograde

This is Robert Benchley's chart for 1889-09-15, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1945-11-21, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunScorpio29°02′Direct
MoonGemini28°02′Direct
MercurySagittarius20°48′Direct
VenusScorpio11°46′Direct
MarsLeo2°06′Direct
JupiterLibra18°29′Direct
SaturnCancer24°41′Retrograde
UranusGemini16°05′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra7°56′Direct
PlutoLeo11°47′Retrograde

This is Robert Benchley's chart for 1945-11-21, 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 Robert Benchley 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.