Novelist & journalist
Upton Sinclair
Wrote The Jungle to expose the exploitation of meatpacking workers and instead got food safety laws passed. He said he had aimed at the heart and hit the stomach.
Upton Beall Sinclair Jr. was an American author, muckraker journalist, and political activist, and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for governor of California. He wrote nearly 100 books and other works in several genres. Sinclair's work was well known and popular in the first half of the 20th century, and he won the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
- Born
- 1878-09-20, Baltimore, Maryland, USAA Friday
- Died
- 1968-11-25, Bound Brook, New Jersey, USAA Monday, aged 90
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1878-09-20, Baltimore, Maryland, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 27°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 8°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 11°46′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 8°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 26°50′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 27°20′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Pisces | 29°38′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 1°34′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Taurus | 9°25′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 26°21′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1968-11-25, Bound Brook, New Jersey, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 3°30′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 17°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 27°06′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 13°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 9°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 1°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 19°17′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 3°08′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 26°31′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 24°49′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Upton Sinclair 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.