Writer & gardener

Vita Sackville-West

Made the garden at Sissinghurst, wrote a weekly column about it for fourteen years, and was the model for Virginia Woolf's Orlando.

Born1892-03-09, Sevenoaks, Kent, EnglandA Wednesday
Died1962-06-02, Cranbrook, Kent, EnglandA Saturday, aged 70
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1892-03-09, Sevenoaks, Kent, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunPisces19°24′Direct
MoonLeo3°54′Direct
MercuryPisces22°26′Direct
VenusAries29°11′Direct
MarsSagittarius27°29′Direct
JupiterPisces28°11′Direct
SaturnVirgo27°21′Retrograde
UranusScorpio5°42′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini6°23′Direct
PlutoGemini6°56′Direct

This is Vita Sackville-West's chart for 1892-03-09, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1962-06-02, Cranbrook, Kent, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunGemini11°25′Direct
MoonGemini10°06′Direct
MercuryGemini18°39′Retrograde
VenusCancer12°25′Direct
MarsTaurus3°20′Direct
JupiterPisces11°17′Direct
SaturnAquarius11°17′Retrograde
UranusLeo26°46′Direct
NeptuneScorpio11°20′Retrograde
PlutoVirgo7°34′Direct

This is Vita Sackville-West's chart for 1962-06-02, 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 Vita Sackville-West 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.