Novelist

William S. Burroughs

Wrote Naked Lunch, which was tried for obscenity in Boston and won on appeal. He killed his wife in a shooting he called a William Tell act.

Born1914-02-05, St Louis, Missouri, USAA Thursday
Died1997-08-02, Lawrence, Kansas, USAA Saturday, aged 83
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1914-02-05, St Louis, Missouri, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunAquarius16°07′Direct
MoonGemini12°26′Direct
MercuryAquarius24°32′Direct
VenusAquarius14°38′Direct
MarsCancer6°00′Retrograde
JupiterAquarius3°33′Direct
SaturnGemini11°14′Retrograde
UranusAquarius8°04′Direct
NeptuneCancer26°19′Retrograde
PlutoGemini29°19′Retrograde

This is William S. Burroughs's chart for 1914-02-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1997-08-02, Lawrence, Kansas, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunLeo10°25′Direct
MoonLeo3°19′Direct
MercuryVirgo7°40′Direct
VenusVirgo12°12′Direct
MarsLibra23°00′Direct
JupiterAquarius17°53′Retrograde
SaturnAries20°21′Retrograde
UranusAquarius6°32′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn28°14′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius2°51′Retrograde

This is William S. Burroughs's chart for 1997-08-02, 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 William S. Burroughs 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.