Novelist & poet
Robert Louis Stevenson
Wrote Treasure Island, Kidnapped and Jekyll and Hyde while chronically ill, and died in Samoa at forty-four. Samoans carried his body up Mount Vaea to bury him.
Robert Louis Stevenson was a Scottish novelist, essayist, poet and travel writer. He is best known for the novels Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886), and Kidnapped (1886) and for the poetry collection A Child's Garden of Verses (1885).
- Born
- 1850-11-13, Edinburgh, ScotlandA Wednesday
- Died
- 1894-12-03, Vailima, SamoaA Monday, aged 44
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1850-11-13, Edinburgh, Scotland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 20°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 7°24′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 12°07′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 29°10′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 25°30′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 13°23′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 15°09′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 27°25′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 4°15′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries | 28°27′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1894-12-03, Vailima, Samoa · time unknown, noon chart
Pacific/Apiathe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 11°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 25°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 22°57′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 12°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 22°19′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 3°44′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 3°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 17°14′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 14°28′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 10°45′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Robert Louis Stevenson 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.