Film critic

Roger Ebert

The first film critic to win a Pulitzer, and a writer to the very end.

Born
1942-06-18, Urbana, USAA Thursday
Died
2013-04-04, Chicago, USAA Thursday, aged 70
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Leo
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1942-06-18, Urbana, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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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
SunGemini26°48′Direct
MoonLeo19°58′Direct
MercuryGemini18°16′Retrograde
VenusTaurus19°14′Direct
MarsLeo2°48′Direct
JupiterCancer1°52′Direct
SaturnGemini5°14′Direct
UranusGemini1°58′Direct
NeptuneVirgo27°07′Direct
PlutoLeo4°16′Direct

This is Roger Ebert's chart for 1942-06-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2013-04-04, Chicago, 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

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
SunAries15°04′Direct
MoonAquarius4°49′Direct
MercuryPisces17°38′Direct
VenusAries16°51′Direct
MarsAries18°03′Direct
JupiterGemini12°28′Direct
SaturnScorpio9°55′Retrograde
UranusAries8°52′Direct
NeptunePisces4°19′Direct
PlutoCapricorn11°34′Direct

This is Roger Ebert's chart for 2013-04-04, 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 Roger Ebert 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.