Author and philologist

J. R. R. Tolkien

Professor of Anglo-Saxon who invented languages first and wrote the books to give them somewhere to be spoken.

Born1892-01-03, Bloemfontein, South AfricaA Sunday
Died1973-09-02, Bournemouth, EnglandA Sunday, aged 81
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Aquarius
TimezonesAfrica/Johannesburg · Europe/LondonHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1892-01-03, Bloemfontein, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburg

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn12°33′Direct
MoonAquarius24°47′Direct
MercuryCapricorn0°25′Retrograde
VenusAquarius8°44′Direct
MarsScorpio16°32′Direct
JupiterPisces13°52′Direct
SaturnLibra0°06′Direct
UranusScorpio5°27′Direct
NeptuneGemini6°45′Retrograde
PlutoGemini7°15′Retrograde

Death Chart

1973-09-02, Bournemouth, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo9°49′Direct
MoonScorpio15°33′Direct
MercuryVirgo9°27′Direct
VenusLibra17°08′Direct
MarsTaurus7°07′Direct
JupiterAquarius3°22′Retrograde
SaturnCancer2°58′Direct
UranusLibra20°48′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius4°44′Direct
PlutoLibra3°20′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment J. R. R. Tolkien 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.