Writer & critic

Susan Sontag

Wrote On Photography and Illness as Metaphor, and staged Waiting for Godot in besieged Sarajevo by candlelight.

Born1933-01-16, New York, New York, USAA Monday
Died2004-12-28, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 71
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1933-01-16, New York, New York, 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
SunCapricorn26°08′Direct
MoonVirgo23°48′Direct
MercuryCapricorn12°16′Direct
VenusCapricorn2°51′Direct
MarsVirgo20°09′Direct
JupiterVirgo23°08′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius5°51′Direct
UranusAries19°35′Direct
NeptuneVirgo9°51′Retrograde
PlutoCancer22°16′Retrograde

This is Susan Sontag's chart for 1933-01-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2004-12-28, New York, New York, 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
SunCapricorn7°18′Direct
MoonCancer29°53′Direct
MercurySagittarius15°00′Direct
VenusSagittarius14°58′Direct
MarsSagittarius2°05′Direct
JupiterLibra16°57′Direct
SaturnCancer25°11′Retrograde
UranusPisces3°47′Direct
NeptuneAquarius13°44′Direct
PlutoSagittarius22°36′Direct

This is Susan Sontag's chart for 2004-12-28, 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 Susan Sontag 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.