Politician & diarist
Tony Benn
Fought a three-year campaign to renounce his hereditary peerage so he could stay in the Commons, and kept a diary for seventy years.
Anthony Neil Wedgwood Benn, known between 1960 and 1963 as The Viscount Stansgate, was a British Labour Party politician and political activist who served as a Cabinet minister in the 1960s and 1970s. He was the member of Parliament (MP) for Bristol South East and then Chesterfield for 47 of the 51 years between 1950 and 2001. He later served as President of the Stop the War Coalition from 2001 to 2014.
- Born
- 1925-04-03, London, EnglandA Friday
- Died
- 2014-03-14, London, EnglandA Friday, aged 88
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1925-04-03, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 13°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 6°41′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 1°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 7°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 6°43′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 20°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 13°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Pisces | 22°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 19°59′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 11°25′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2014-03-14, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 23°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 28°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 26°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 7°35′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 26°29′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 10°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 23°12′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 11°24′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 5°44′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 13°19′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Tony Benn 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.