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.
Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on the history of occultism and its contemporary interpretation through the new age movement.
- Born
- 1932-01-05, Alessandria, ItalyA Tuesday
- Died
- 2016-02-19, Milan, ItalyA Friday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- Italy
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1932-01-05, Alessandria, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
Europe/RomeThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 13°54′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 11°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 21°37′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 13°11′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 20°12′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 21°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 24°16′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 15°29′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 7°48′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 21°13′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2016-02-19, Milan, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 0°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 21°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 7°15′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 2°49′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 23°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 20°33′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 15°23′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 17°48′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 9°08′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 16°38′ | Direct |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.