Novelist
Val McDermid
Scottish crime novelist of the Tony Hill books, and a journalist for sixteen years first. Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife.
Valarie McDermid is a Scottish crime writer of more than 30 novels. Her work is considered part of a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir, and is known for uncompromising depictions of violence. Her books have received numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger Award and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.
- Born
- 1955-06-04, Kirkcaldy, ScotlandA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1955-06-04, Kirkcaldy, Scotland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 13°03′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 0°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 28°50′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Taurus | 19°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 6°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 28°22′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 16°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 25°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 25°44′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 24°29′ | Direct |
Val McDermid is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Val McDermid 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.