Novelist & semiotician

Umberto Eco

A professor of semiotics who wrote The Name of the Rose at forty-eight and sold fifty million copies of a medieval murder mystery full of theology.

Born1932-01-05, Alessandria, ItalyA Tuesday
Died2016-02-19, Milan, ItalyA Friday, aged 84
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1932-01-05, Alessandria, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Romethe 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
SunCapricorn13°54′Direct
MoonSagittarius11°36′Direct
MercurySagittarius21°37′Direct
VenusAquarius13°11′Direct
MarsCapricorn20°12′Direct
JupiterLeo21°29′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn24°16′Direct
UranusAries15°29′Direct
NeptuneVirgo7°48′Retrograde
PlutoCancer21°13′Retrograde

This is Umberto Eco's chart for 1932-01-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2016-02-19, Milan, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Romethe 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
SunPisces0°13′Direct
MoonCancer21°45′Direct
MercuryAquarius7°15′Direct
VenusAquarius2°49′Direct
MarsScorpio23°38′Direct
JupiterVirgo20°33′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius15°23′Direct
UranusAries17°48′Direct
NeptunePisces9°08′Direct
PlutoCapricorn16°38′Direct

This is Umberto Eco's chart for 2016-02-19, 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 Umberto Eco 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.