Novelist & playwright

W. Somerset Maugham

Qualified as a doctor, worked for British intelligence in Russia in 1917, and was the highest paid author in the world in the 1930s.

Born1874-01-25, Paris, FranceA Sunday
Died1965-12-16, Nice, FranceA Thursday, aged 91
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1874-01-25, 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
SunAquarius5°24′Direct
MoonTaurus11°20′Direct
MercuryCapricorn29°11′Direct
VenusCapricorn28°22′Direct
MarsPisces18°44′Direct
JupiterLibra1°39′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius5°08′Direct
UranusLeo8°39′Retrograde
NeptuneAries25°52′Direct
PlutoTaurus19°48′Retrograde

This is W. Somerset Maugham's chart for 1874-01-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1965-12-16, Nice, 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
SunSagittarius24°17′Direct
MoonLibra7°42′Direct
MercurySagittarius3°48′Direct
VenusAquarius6°41′Direct
MarsCapricorn24°42′Direct
JupiterGemini26°30′Retrograde
SaturnPisces11°23′Direct
UranusVirgo19°35′Direct
NeptuneScorpio20°57′Direct
PlutoVirgo18°27′Direct

This is W. Somerset Maugham's chart for 1965-12-16, 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 W. Somerset Maugham 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
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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.