Novelist

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One Hundred Years of Solitude made magical realism a category the rest of the world had to learn. He said he was only writing down the way his grandmother told stories.

Born1927-03-06, Aracataca, ColombiaA Sunday
Died2014-04-17, Mexico City, MexicoA Thursday, aged 87
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Aries
TimezonesAmerica/Bogota · America/Mexico_CityHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1927-03-06, Aracataca, Colombia · time unknown, noon chart

America/Bogota

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces15°07′Direct
MoonAries26°13′Direct
MercuryPisces27°04′Retrograde
VenusAries10°04′Direct
MarsGemini6°40′Direct
JupiterPisces11°07′Direct
SaturnSagittarius7°33′Direct
UranusPisces28°34′Direct
NeptuneLeo25°04′Retrograde
PlutoCancer13°52′Retrograde

Death Chart

2014-04-17, Mexico City, Mexico · time unknown, noon chart

America/Mexico_City

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries27°36′Direct
MoonScorpio27°17′Direct
MercuryAries18°28′Direct
VenusPisces12°49′Direct
MarsLibra15°35′Retrograde
JupiterCancer13°09′Direct
SaturnScorpio21°40′Retrograde
UranusAries13°20′Direct
NeptunePisces6°51′Direct
PlutoCapricorn13°34′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gabriel Garcia Marquez 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.