Novelist and essayist

Virginia Woolf

Took the novel apart and rebuilt it around the inside of a mind. A Room of One's Own is still the clearest short argument about what women were denied and why it showed in the literature.

Born1882-01-25, London, EnglandA Wednesday
Died1941-03-28, Lewes, EnglandA Friday, aged 59
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Aries
TimezoneEurope/LondonHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1882-01-25, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius5°28′Direct
MoonAries25°11′Direct
MercuryAquarius18°02′Direct
VenusCapricorn29°03′Direct
MarsGemini27°24′Retrograde
JupiterTaurus16°36′Direct
SaturnTaurus5°52′Direct
UranusVirgo18°05′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus13°46′Direct
PlutoTaurus27°23′Retrograde

Death Chart

1941-03-28, Lewes, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries7°22′Direct
MoonAries14°05′Direct
MercuryPisces9°47′Direct
VenusAries1°45′Direct
MarsCapricorn26°31′Direct
JupiterTaurus16°29′Direct
SaturnTaurus12°53′Direct
UranusTaurus23°30′Direct
NeptuneVirgo26°01′Retrograde
PlutoLeo2°05′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Virginia Woolf 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
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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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.