Poet

Seamus Heaney

Won the Nobel Prize in 1995 for poems rooted in a County Derry farm and the bog bodies of northern Europe. His last words were a text message to his wife: noli timere, do not be afraid.

Born1939-04-13, Castledawson, Northern IrelandA Thursday
Died2013-08-30, Dublin, IrelandA Friday, aged 74
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1939-04-13, Castledawson, Northern Ireland · 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
SunAries22°40′Direct
MoonAquarius12°35′Direct
MercuryAries6°08′Retrograde
VenusPisces15°33′Direct
MarsCapricorn12°26′Direct
JupiterPisces24°01′Direct
SaturnAries21°13′Direct
UranusTaurus16°21′Direct
NeptuneVirgo21°09′Retrograde
PlutoCancer29°13′Direct

This is Seamus Heaney's chart for 1939-04-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2013-08-30, Dublin, Ireland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Dublinthe 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
SunVirgo7°14′Direct
MoonGemini29°43′Direct
MercuryVirgo12°35′Direct
VenusLibra16°15′Direct
MarsLeo1°31′Direct
JupiterCancer13°43′Direct
SaturnScorpio7°01′Direct
UranusAries11°47′Retrograde
NeptunePisces3°52′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn9°06′Retrograde

This is Seamus Heaney's chart for 2013-08-30, 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 Seamus Heaney 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.