Sylvia Plath — birth chart across three traditions
Born: 1932-10-27 (time unknown) · Boston, United States
Data source: Rodden X (no recorded time). An encyclopedic biography gives 27 October 1932 in Jamaica Plain, Boston, Massachusetts, and states no hour of birth. Birth times circulate for Plath online but the encyclopedic sources consulted do not record one, so none is used here.
American poet and novelist, author of Ariel, The Colossus and the novel The Bell Jar. The birth date and the Boston neighbourhood are documented; because no consulted source states an hour, this chart declares its houses undetermined.
Reading the chart
Scorpio Sun — exact Moon sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown.
Saturn carries unusual weight here — strong essential dignity (domicile); in its own domicile.
Stellium in Virgo: Venus, Jupiter, Neptune — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Earth is the leading element (40% weighted), while air is least emphasized — a texture worth noticing, not a verdict.
Fixed modality leads: the chart's default rhythm is sustaining — consolidating and holding course.
Sun at 4°04′ Scorpio: core identity, vitality and sense of purpose operates intensely, privately, with all-or-nothing focus — the keynote is depth.
Moon: exact longitude and sign unavailable because the birth time is unknown. Daily interval 179.8439° → 194.5953° (Virgo → Libra).
Stellium in Virgo: Venus, Jupiter, Neptune — a concentrated emphasis that colors the whole chart.
Mercury square Mars (orb 0°09′, separating): Mercury and Mars grind productively — friction between these functions builds real capacity when worked.
Jupiter opposition North Node (orb 0°09′, applying): Jupiter and North Node face each other across an axis — awareness tends to arrive through other people and counterweights.
Mars trine Uranus (orb 0°18′, separating): Mars and Uranus flow — support arrives so easily it can be taken for granted.
Western natal chart
Sun Scorpio 4°04′ · Moon Virgo or Libra (daily interval) · Ascendant omitted (birth time unknown) — Placidus houses, tropical zodiac.
| Body | Sign | House | Dignity | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio 4°04′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Moon | Virgo or Libra (daily interval) | — | — | indeterminate |
| Mercury | Scorpio 21°20′ | — | peregrine | direct |
| Venus | Virgo 23°32′ | — | fall | direct |
| Mars | Leo 21°11′ | — | — | direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo 16°01′ | — | detriment | direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn 28°37′ | — | domicile | direct |
| Uranus | Aries 20°52′ | — | — | retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo 9°36′ | — | — | direct |
| Pluto | Cancer 23°27′ | — | — | retrograde |
Strongest aspects
- Mercury □ Mars (square, orb 0.1°)
- Jupiter ☍ North Node (opposition, orb 0.2°)
- Mars △ Uranus (trine, orb 0.3°)
- Venus ⚹ Pluto (sextile, orb 0.1°)
- Mercury ☍ Lilith (mean apogee) (opposition, orb 1.5°)
- Mercury △ Pluto (trine, orb 2.1°)
- Uranus □ Pluto (square, orb 2.6°)
- Mercury ⚹ Venus (sextile, orb 2.2°)
Chinese Bazi 八字 — the Four Pillars
Day Master: Yin Metal (辛). Luck pillars run forward. Hour pillar omitted — it needs the exact birth time.
| 壬申 Rén Shēn | 庚戌 Gēng Xū | 辛酉 Xīn Yǒu |
Luck pillars 大運
| From age | Year | Pillar | Ten God |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.6 | 1936 | 辛亥 | friend |
| 13.6 | 1946 | 壬子 | hurtingOfficer |
| 23.6 | 1956 | 癸丑 | eatingGod |
| 33.6 | 1966 | 甲寅 | directWealth |
| 43.6 | 1976 | 乙卯 | indirectWealth |
| 53.6 | 1986 | 丙辰 | directOfficer |
| 63.6 | 1996 | 丁巳 | sevenKillings |
| 73.6 | 2006 | 戊午 | directResource |
Vedic kundli ज्योतिष (sidereal, Lahiri)
Moon-dependent Vedic calculations are unavailable without an exact birth time; no local-noon Moon, nakshatra or dasha is published.
Vimshottari mahadashas
| Period lord | From | To | Years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable without an exact birth time | |||