Critic & theorist

Roland Barthes

Wrote The Death of the Author and Mythologies, which read wrestling, steak and washing powder adverts as systems of meaning. He was hit by a laundry van and died a month later.

Born1915-11-12, Cherbourg, FranceA Friday
Died1980-03-26, Paris, FranceA Wednesday, aged 64
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1915-11-12, Cherbourg, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio19°01′Direct
MoonAquarius0°22′Direct
MercuryScorpio1°12′Direct
VenusSagittarius4°40′Direct
MarsLeo17°40′Direct
JupiterPisces18°37′Retrograde
SaturnCancer16°20′Retrograde
UranusAquarius11°55′Direct
NeptuneLeo2°39′Retrograde
PlutoCancer3°02′Retrograde

This is Roland Barthes's chart for 1915-11-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1980-03-26, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries5°56′Direct
MoonLeo9°38′Direct
MercuryPisces9°31′Direct
VenusTaurus21°27′Direct
MarsLeo26°37′Retrograde
JupiterVirgo1°41′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo22°40′Retrograde
UranusScorpio25°16′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius22°40′Retrograde
PlutoLibra20°48′Retrograde

This is Roland Barthes's chart for 1980-03-26, 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 Roland Barthes 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.