Novelist

William McIlvanney

Called the father of Tartan Noir, he wrote about Glasgow with the seriousness usually reserved for literary fiction and made crime writing respectable in Scotland.

Born1936-11-25, Kilmarnock, ScotlandA Wednesday
Died2015-12-05, Glasgow, ScotlandA Saturday, aged 79
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1936-11-25, Kilmarnock, Scotland · 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
SunSagittarius3°03′Direct
MoonAries18°30′Direct
MercurySagittarius7°01′Direct
VenusCapricorn10°35′Direct
MarsLibra6°27′Direct
JupiterSagittarius28°29′Direct
SaturnPisces15°48′Direct
UranusTaurus6°35′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo18°46′Direct
PlutoCancer28°36′Retrograde

This is William McIlvanney's chart for 1936-11-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2015-12-05, Glasgow, Scotland · 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
SunSagittarius13°00′Direct
MoonLibra6°35′Direct
MercurySagittarius22°53′Direct
VenusScorpio0°22′Direct
MarsLibra13°24′Direct
JupiterVirgo21°29′Direct
SaturnSagittarius8°06′Direct
UranusAries16°44′Retrograde
NeptunePisces7°06′Direct
PlutoCapricorn14°10′Direct

This is William McIlvanney's chart for 2015-12-05, 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 William McIlvanney 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
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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.