Writer and poet

Edgar Allan Poe

Invented the detective story, refined the short horror tale, and died at forty in circumstances that have never been explained.

Born1809-01-19, Boston, United StatesA Thursday
Died1849-10-07, Baltimore, United StatesA Sunday, aged 40
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Pisces
TimezoneAmerica/New_YorkHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1809-01-19, Boston, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_York

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn29°18′Direct
MoonPisces15°38′Direct
MercuryCapricorn29°23′Direct
VenusPisces9°39′Direct
MarsLibra18°46′Direct
JupiterPisces16°57′Direct
SaturnSagittarius1°35′Direct
UranusScorpio9°24′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius6°13′Direct
PlutoPisces13°04′Direct

Death Chart

1849-10-07, Baltimore, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_York

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLibra14°18′Direct
MoonGemini26°46′Direct
MercuryScorpio8°29′Direct
VenusVirgo9°45′Direct
MarsGemini29°47′Direct
JupiterVirgo12°07′Direct
SaturnAries3°46′Retrograde
UranusAries24°41′Retrograde
NeptunePisces2°23′Retrograde
PlutoAries28°08′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Edgar Allan Poe 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.