Writer & lexicographer

Samuel Johnson

Wrote a dictionary of the English language almost single-handed in nine years, and is the second most quoted Englishman after Shakespeare, largely thanks to Boswell.

Born1709-09-18, Lichfield, Staffordshire, EnglandA Wednesday
Died1784-12-13, London, EnglandA Monday, aged 75
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1709-09-18, Lichfield, Staffordshire, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunVirgo25°18′Direct
MoonPisces19°29′Direct
MercuryVirgo27°03′Direct
VenusLibra19°00′Direct
MarsLibra23°06′Direct
JupiterScorpio1°45′Direct
SaturnCancer14°49′Direct
UranusLeo25°02′Direct
NeptuneAries27°25′Retrograde
PlutoLeo27°22′Direct

This is Samuel Johnson's chart for 1709-09-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1784-12-13, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunSagittarius22°13′Direct
MoonCapricorn4°49′Direct
MercurySagittarius28°43′Direct
VenusCapricorn23°53′Direct
MarsScorpio27°22′Direct
JupiterPisces2°07′Direct
SaturnCapricorn22°26′Direct
UranusCancer15°17′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra14°17′Direct
PlutoAquarius9°50′Direct

This is Samuel Johnson's chart for 1784-12-13, 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 Samuel Johnson 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.