Journalist & novelist

Tom Wolfe

Wore a white suit for fifty years and did as much as anybody to invent the New Journalism, then wrote The Bonfire of the Vanities.

Born1930-03-02, Richmond, Virginia, USAA Sunday
Died2018-05-14, New York, New York, USAA Monday, aged 88
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1930-03-02, Richmond, Virginia, 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
SunPisces11°23′Direct
MoonAries5°37′Direct
MercuryAquarius19°00′Direct
VenusPisces17°14′Direct
MarsAquarius18°37′Direct
JupiterGemini7°51′Direct
SaturnCapricorn9°55′Direct
UranusAries9°39′Direct
NeptuneVirgo1°57′Retrograde
PlutoCancer17°36′Retrograde

This is Tom Wolfe's chart for 1930-03-02, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2018-05-14, 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
SunTaurus23°48′Direct
MoonTaurus12°45′Direct
MercuryTaurus1°46′Direct
VenusGemini24°08′Direct
MarsCapricorn29°23′Direct
JupiterScorpio17°38′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn8°35′Retrograde
UranusAries29°56′Direct
NeptunePisces16°09′Direct
PlutoCapricorn21°10′Retrograde

This is Tom Wolfe's chart for 2018-05-14, 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 Tom Wolfe 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.