Poet and novelist

Sylvia Plath

The Ariel poems were written in a few months at the end of her life and remade what a lyric poem could carry. She died at thirty.

Born
1932-10-27, Boston, USAA Thursday
Died
1963-02-11, London, EnglandA Monday, aged 30
At birth
Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Libra
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1932-10-27, Boston, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio4°04′Direct
MoonLibra7°10′Direct
MercuryScorpio21°20′Direct
VenusVirgo23°32′Direct
MarsLeo21°11′Direct
JupiterVirgo16°01′Direct
SaturnCapricorn28°37′Direct
UranusAries20°52′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo9°36′Direct
PlutoCancer23°27′Retrograde

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Death Chart

1963-02-11, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe zone used then

The chart

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius22°02′Direct
MoonVirgo24°48′Direct
MercuryCapricorn26°05′Direct
VenusCapricorn6°11′Direct
MarsLeo12°12′Retrograde
JupiterPisces17°38′Direct
SaturnAquarius14°47′Direct
UranusVirgo3°44′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio15°39′Direct
PlutoVirgo11°21′Retrograde

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