Charles Dickens – Rectification

Dickens’s unmistakably goat-like appearance and dynamic hits to key Arabic lots help secure his rectified birth time

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Charles Dickens and his rectified birth chart

Available Birth Data

Astrodatabank reports an A-rated birth time of 7:50 PM. The proposed time is five minutes later.

Proposed Rectification

Charles Dickens
7-Feb-1812
7:55:06 PM
LMT +0:04:20
Portsmouth England
1w05’00” 50n48’00”
ASC 19VI44’19”

Rectified birth chart of Charles Dickens, Feb 7 1812 7:55:06 PM, ASC 18VIR44’19”

Stage I. Determine the Ascendant sign

Configuration of the Chart

At first glance, the figure is dominated by Moon/Sagittarius/4th and Jupiter/Gemini/10th. The optimistic Moon in the 4th house of the father is consistent with Dickens’ father described as overly optimistic and without any practical financial management skills. Jupiter/Gemini/10th is consistent with learning to read from his mother who triggered Dicken’s initial interest in language and knowledge. These two configurations are sufficiently strong to confirm the Virgo Ascendant of the A-rated birth time.

Stage II. Determine the Ascendant’s range within 1-4 degrees

Physiognomy

The photograph of Dickens taken two or three years prior to his death is striking for the two tufts of hair on either side of his forehead in addition to the tuft of hair protruding from his chin. Almost too funny for words, Dickens’ facial profile is a textbook example of Capricorn whose glyph is represented as a goat. Goats can have hair tufts on the chin (a match here); moreover, the two hair tufts either side of Dickens’ forehead are in the same position about as the horns of a goat. For the Virgo Ascendant, the first two rulers (Mercury/Capricorn ruling the 1st Virgo decan and Saturn/Capricorn ruling the 2nd Capricorn decan) narrow the Ascendant range to either the 1st or 2nd decan of Capricorn. The 3rd decan of Virgo is Taurus ruled by Venus/Pisces (voluptuous, round, full) which is a complete mismatch here.

Sensitive Degrees

 tr. Saturn 16SA34 conj IC

22-Apr-1869. Collapsed from overexertion during tour

trNNode 19VI05 conj ASC
dsa Mercury 17GE08 conj MC

30-Jun-1960. Posthumous premiere of London play Oliver!,

Lots

Lot of Father. 3SC20/26AQ40
Lot of Death of the Father. 27PI47/2LI13

For death of father on 31-Mar-1851, d.s.a. Sun 27PI41 conj 2nd lot.
**key measurement**

Lot of Mother. 23SA21/6CP38
Lot of Death of the Mother. 1SA38/28CP22

For death of mother on 13-Sep-1863, tr. North Node 1SA13 conj 2nd lot

Lot of Marriage. 23VI12/6AR48
Lot of Marriage of Men a/c Hermes. 1SA38/28CP22

For publication on rumors surrounding divorce on 12-Jun-1858, c. tr. Mars conj ASC.
For posthumous death of wife Kate on 22-Jun-1879
c. tr. Saturn 23VI16 conj 1st lot and c.s.a. Mars 29CP00 conj antiscia 2nd lot
**key measurement**

Stage III. Determine the exact Degree and Minute of the Ascendant

Solar Arc Directions

 5-Oct-1850 csa Saturn conj Lot of Fortune
14-Apr-1851 dsa Lot of Fortune conj Saturn

Dead of father following urethral infection, delayed treatment, and failed surgery, 31-Mar-1851
Death of 3rd daughter Dora, exact date. Saturn in 5th promises loss of children, 14-Apr-1851

**LOCK** 28-Apr-1869 csa Sun square ASC
**LOCK**  8-Jun-1870 dsa ASC square Sun

Collapsed from overexertion during reading tour, remainder tour cancelled. 22-Apr-1869.
Fatal stroke, 8-Jun-1870. Death the following day.

Primary Directions

REG (D Venus/Aquarius) P dex. sextile Mars (BI) d. => Moon (MO) 14-Apr-1870

Death, 9-Jun-1870. The full range of primary directions for this Mars-Moon series ranges from 24-Mar-1870 to 21-Sep-1870. The direction presented above is the closest.

From the ‘Medieval Astrology Profile for Charles Dickens,’ Victor Database
For more information on Doctor H’s work, visit the House of Wisdom

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