Poet

Ted Hughes

Poet Laureate for fourteen years, and married to Sylvia Plath. He said nothing publicly about her death for thirty-five years, then published Birthday Letters months before he died.

Born1930-08-17, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, EnglandA Sunday
Died1998-10-28, London, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 68
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1930-08-17, Mytholmroyd, Yorkshire, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLeo23°48′Direct
MoonTaurus23°32′Direct
MercuryVirgo19°37′Direct
VenusLibra8°10′Direct
MarsGemini22°56′Direct
JupiterCancer11°09′Direct
SaturnCapricorn5°41′Retrograde
UranusAries15°05′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo2°57′Direct
PlutoCancer20°04′Direct

This is Ted Hughes's chart for 1930-08-17, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1998-10-28, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunScorpio4°51′Direct
MoonAquarius4°58′Direct
MercuryScorpio24°20′Direct
VenusScorpio4°26′Direct
MarsVirgo12°40′Direct
JupiterPisces18°35′Retrograde
SaturnAries29°46′Retrograde
UranusAquarius8°50′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn29°27′Direct
PlutoSagittarius6°41′Direct

This is Ted Hughes's chart for 1998-10-28, 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 Ted Hughes 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.