Poet

W. H. Auden

Left England for America in 1939, which many never forgave, and wrote some of the century's best known lines in both places.

Born1907-02-21, York, EnglandA Thursday
Died1973-09-29, Vienna, AustriaA Saturday, aged 66
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1907-02-21, York, 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
SunPisces1°43′Direct
MoonGemini15°57′Direct
MercuryPisces16°25′Direct
VenusCapricorn15°20′Direct
MarsSagittarius9°15′Direct
JupiterCancer1°01′Retrograde
SaturnPisces15°43′Direct
UranusCapricorn11°26′Direct
NeptuneCancer10°03′Retrograde
PlutoGemini21°46′Retrograde

This is W. H. Auden's chart for 1907-02-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1973-09-29, Vienna, Austria · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Viennathe 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
SunLibra6°09′Direct
MoonScorpio11°00′Direct
MercuryLibra25°07′Direct
VenusScorpio18°41′Direct
MarsTaurus8°35′Retrograde
JupiterAquarius2°17′Direct
SaturnCancer4°27′Direct
UranusLibra22°20′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius5°10′Direct
PlutoLibra4°21′Direct

This is W. H. Auden's chart for 1973-09-29, 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 W. H. Auden 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.