Novelist & lepidopterist

Vladimir Nabokov

Wrote Lolita and Pale Fire in his third language, and published serious work on butterfly taxonomy that DNA analysis vindicated fifty years later.

Born1899-04-22, Saint Petersburg, RussiaA Saturday
Died1977-07-02, Montreux, SwitzerlandA Saturday, aged 78
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1899-04-22, Saint Petersburg, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunTaurus2°01′Direct
MoonVirgo21°10′Direct
MercuryAries16°15′Retrograde
VenusPisces24°34′Direct
MarsLeo2°47′Direct
JupiterScorpio5°46′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius23°21′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius7°21′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini22°39′Direct
PlutoGemini14°14′Direct

This is Vladimir Nabokov's chart for 1899-04-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1977-07-02, Montreux, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Zurichthe 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
SunCancer10°26′Direct
MoonCapricorn28°48′Direct
MercuryCancer13°24′Direct
VenusTaurus25°35′Direct
MarsTaurus19°15′Direct
JupiterGemini20°05′Direct
SaturnLeo15°15′Direct
UranusScorpio7°46′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius14°04′Retrograde
PlutoLibra11°25′Direct

This is Vladimir Nabokov's chart for 1977-07-02, 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 Vladimir Nabokov 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.