Writer
William H. Gass
The Tunnel, twenty six years in the writing.
William Howard Gass was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, critic, and philosophy professor. He wrote three novels, three collections of short stories, a collection of novellas, and seven volumes of essays, three of which won National Book Critics Circle Award prizes and one of which, A Temple of Texts (2006), won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism. His 1995 novel The Tunnel received the American Book Award. His 2013 novel Middle C won the 2015 William Dean Howells Medal.
- Born
- 1924-07-30, Fargo, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2017-12-06, University City, USAA Wednesday, aged 93
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, 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
1924-07-30, Fargo, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 7°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 24°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 0°00′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 2°06′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 5°03′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 10°08′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 26°25′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Pisces | 21°03′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 19°37′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 12°32′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2017-12-06, University City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 14°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 28°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 28°14′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 6°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 28°21′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 12°14′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 28°25′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 24°52′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 11°31′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 17°58′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment William H. Gass 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.