Novelist
Willa Cather
Wrote about immigrant farmers on the Nebraska plains in prose of great plainness, and won a Pulitzer for a novel about the First World War.
Willa Sibert Cather was an American writer known for her novels of life on the Great Plains, including O Pioneers!, The Song of the Lark, and My Ántonia. In 1923, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for One of Ours, a novel set during World War I.
- Born
- 1873-12-07, Gore, Virginia, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 1947-04-24, New York, New York, USAA Thursday, aged 73
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1873-12-07, Gore, Virginia, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 15°43′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 28°49′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 1°23′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio | 27°05′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 11°08′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 29°25′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 29°41′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 10°20′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 26°00′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 20°19′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1947-04-24, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 3°40′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 20°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 12°57′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 29°29′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 9°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 25°05′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 2°20′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 19°10′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 8°47′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 10°58′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Willa Cather 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.