Novelist & anthropologist

Zora Neale Hurston

Wrote Their Eyes Were Watching God and collected folklore across the American South and the Caribbean. She died in poverty, in an unmarked grave, until Alice Walker found it.

Born1891-01-07, Notasulga, Alabama, USAA Wednesday
Died1960-01-28, Fort Pierce, Florida, USAA Thursday, aged 69
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1891-01-07, Notasulga, Alabama, 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
SunCapricorn17°12′Direct
MoonSagittarius8°34′Direct
MercuryCapricorn29°34′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius8°03′Direct
MarsPisces16°14′Direct
JupiterAquarius15°59′Direct
SaturnVirgo17°04′Retrograde
UranusScorpio1°02′Direct
NeptuneGemini4°22′Retrograde
PlutoGemini6°12′Retrograde

This is Zora Neale Hurston's chart for 1891-01-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1960-01-28, Fort Pierce, Florida, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunAquarius7°47′Direct
MoonAquarius13°53′Direct
MercuryAquarius9°14′Direct
VenusCapricorn1°50′Direct
MarsCapricorn10°46′Direct
JupiterSagittarius24°29′Direct
SaturnCapricorn12°39′Direct
UranusLeo19°30′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio9°05′Direct
PlutoVirgo5°33′Retrograde

This is Zora Neale Hurston's chart for 1960-01-28, 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 Zora Neale Hurston 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.