Writer & critic
Susan Sontag
Wrote On Photography and Illness as Metaphor, and staged Waiting for Godot in besieged Sarajevo by candlelight.
Susan Lee Sontag was an American writer and critic. She primarily wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp' ", in 1964. Her best-known works include the critical works Against Interpretation (1966), On Photography (1977), Illness as Metaphor (1978) and Regarding the Pain of Others (2003), the short story "The Way We Live Now" (1986) and the novels The Volcano Lover (1992) and In America (1999).
- Born
- 1933-01-16, New York, New York, USAA Monday
- Died
- 2004-12-28, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 71
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1933-01-16, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 26°08′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 23°48′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 12°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 2°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 20°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 23°08′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 5°51′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 19°35′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 9°51′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 22°16′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2004-12-28, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 7°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 29°53′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 15°00′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 14°58′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 2°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 16°57′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 25°11′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 3°47′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 13°44′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 22°36′ | Direct |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.