Playwright
Thornton Wilder
Our Town and The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and three Pulitzers.
Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.
- Born
- 1897-04-17, Madison, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 1975-12-07, New Haven, USAA Sunday, aged 78
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1897-04-17, Madison, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 27°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 4°52′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 13°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 14°46′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Cancer | 13°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 0°20′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 29°34′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 28°12′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 18°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 12°13′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1975-12-07, New Haven, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 14°58′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 12°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 19°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 0°47′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 26°01′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Aries | 14°45′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 2°29′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 5°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 11°38′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 11°17′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Thornton Wilder 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.