Poet & songwriter

Shel Silverstein

Wrote children's poetry, cartoons for Playboy, and A Boy Named Sue for Johnny Cash, which won him a Grammy.

Born1930-09-25, Chicago, Illinois, USAA Thursday
Died1999-05-10, Key West, Florida, USAA Monday, aged 68
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1930-09-25, Chicago, Illinois, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra1°53′Direct
MoonScorpio15°03′Direct
MercuryVirgo24°20′Retrograde
VenusScorpio17°31′Direct
MarsCancer16°55′Direct
JupiterCancer17°36′Direct
SaturnCapricorn5°27′Direct
UranusAries13°51′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo4°22′Direct
PlutoCancer20°44′Direct

This is Shel Silverstein's chart for 1930-09-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1999-05-10, Key West, Florida, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunTaurus19°33′Direct
MoonPisces13°14′Direct
MercuryTaurus3°12′Direct
VenusCancer2°12′Direct
MarsLibra28°25′Retrograde
JupiterAries20°23′Direct
SaturnTaurus8°26′Direct
UranusAquarius16°44′Direct
NeptuneAquarius4°21′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius9°40′Retrograde

This is Shel Silverstein's chart for 1999-05-10, 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 Shel Silverstein 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.