Playwright and poet

William Shakespeare

Thirty-eight plays and a body of sonnets that between them supply a large fraction of everyday English. Baptised on 26 April 1564; the birth date here is the traditional one.

Born
1564-04-23, Stratford-upon-Avon, EnglandA Thursday
Died
1616-04-23, Stratford-upon-Avon, EnglandA Saturday, aged 52
At birth
Sun in Taurus, Moon in Gemini
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1564-04-23, Stratford-upon-Avon, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus3°10′Direct
MoonGemini4°47′Direct
MercuryAries7°38′Direct
VenusGemini1°41′Direct
MarsCancer1°45′Direct
JupiterCancer29°31′Direct
SaturnCancer27°08′Direct
UranusSagittarius7°13′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini6°19′Direct
PlutoPisces15°14′Direct

This is William Shakespeare's chart for 1564-04-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1616-04-23, Stratford-upon-Avon, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus3°34′Direct
MoonCancer29°32′Direct
MercuryAries17°39′Retrograde
VenusPisces24°38′Direct
MarsAries12°06′Direct
JupiterSagittarius28°31′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus0°16′Direct
UranusCancer6°27′Direct
NeptuneLibra0°51′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus8°02′Direct

This is William Shakespeare's chart for 1616-04-23, 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 Shakespeare 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.