Novelist and essayist

James Baldwin

Left America for France to be able to write about it. The Fire Next Time is still the sharpest short book on race written by an American.

Born1924-08-02, New York, United StatesA Saturday
Died1987-12-01, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, FranceA Tuesday, aged 63
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Virgo
TimezonesAmerica/New_York · Europe/ParisHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1924-08-02, New York, 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
SunLeo10°02′Direct
MoonVirgo1°33′Direct
MercuryVirgo4°20′Direct
VenusCancer3°02′Direct
MarsPisces4°45′Retrograde
JupiterSagittarius10°05′Retrograde
SaturnLibra26°35′Direct
UranusPisces20°59′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo19°43′Direct
PlutoCancer12°36′Direct

Death Chart

1987-12-01, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paris

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius8°42′Direct
MoonAries22°10′Direct
MercuryScorpio26°44′Direct
VenusCapricorn4°12′Direct
MarsScorpio4°47′Direct
JupiterAries20°06′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius21°52′Direct
UranusSagittarius25°49′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn6°39′Direct
PlutoScorpio11°01′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment James Baldwin 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.