Poet and novelist

Sylvia Plath

The Ariel poems were written in a few months at the end of her life and remade what a lyric poem could carry. She died at thirty.

Born1932-10-27, Boston, United StatesA Thursday
Died1963-02-11, London, EnglandA Monday, aged 30
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Libra
TimezonesAmerica/New_York · Europe/LondonHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1932-10-27, 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
SunScorpio4°04′Direct
MoonLibra7°10′Direct
MercuryScorpio21°20′Direct
VenusVirgo23°32′Direct
MarsLeo21°11′Direct
JupiterVirgo16°01′Direct
SaturnCapricorn28°37′Direct
UranusAries20°52′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo9°36′Direct
PlutoCancer23°27′Retrograde

Death Chart

1963-02-11, London, 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
SunAquarius22°02′Direct
MoonVirgo24°48′Direct
MercuryCapricorn26°05′Direct
VenusCapricorn6°11′Direct
MarsLeo12°12′Retrograde
JupiterPisces17°38′Direct
SaturnAquarius14°47′Direct
UranusVirgo3°44′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio15°39′Direct
PlutoVirgo11°21′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Sylvia Plath 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.