Birth Chart
Alex Trocchi
Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi
Sun Leo
Moon Scorpio
Ascendant Gemini
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Leo - 06°20' - in house 4
↣ Moon in Scorpio - 21°12' - in house 6
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 03°26' - in house 4/5
↣ Venus in Virgo - 02°11' - in house 4/5
↣ Mars in Leo - 21°14' - in house 4
↣ Jupiter in Capricorn - 15°13' - in house 8 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 07°54' - in house 6
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 25°08' - in house 11 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Leo - 21°42' - in house 4
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 13°41' - in house 2
↣ North Node in Leo - 04°39' - in house 3
↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 24°11' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aquarius - 11°41' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 16°37'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 4
↣ Moon in house 6
↣ Mercury in house 4/5
↣ Venus in house 4/5
↣ Mars in house 4
↣ Jupiter in house 8
↣ Saturn in house 6
↣ Uranus in house 11
↣ Neptune in house 4
↣ Pluto in house 2
↣ North Node in house 3
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Saturn square (1°34' applying)
↣ Sun and North Node conjunction (1°41' separating) parallel
↣ Sun and Midheaven opposition (5°21' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Venus antiparallel
↣ Moon and Mars square (0°02' applying)
↣ Moon and Jupiter sextile (6°00' separating)
↣ Moon and Saturn parallel
↣ Moon and Uranus trine (3°56' applying)
↣ Moon and Neptune square (0°30' applying) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (4°36' applying)
↣ Mercury and Venus conjunction (1°14' applying)
↣ Mercury and Saturn sextile (4°28' applying)
↣ Venus and Saturn sextile (5°42' applying) antiparallel
↣ Mars and Neptune conjunction (0°28' applying) parallel
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°37' applying)
↣ Mars and Ascendant sextile (2°57' separating)
↣ Mars and Midheaven opposition (9°33' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto opposition (1°32' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant trine (1°24' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (5°47' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node square (3°15' separating)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (8°43' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven square (3°47' separating)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant square (0°58' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant square (5°06' applying)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant sextile (2°28' separating)
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (2°56' separating)
↣ North Node and Midheaven opposition (7°02' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Alexander Whitelaw Robertson Trocchi
- Chart date
- 30/07/1925
- Chart time
- 02:45
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record cited what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Glasgow, Scotland - Latitude and longitude
- 55°53' North · 4°15' West
- Time zone
- 01:00 East
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About
Alex Trocchi was a Scottish novelist and cultural agitator associated with the postwar literary avant-garde. Trained in English and philosophy at the University of Glasgow, he moved to continental Europe and became a central figure in alternative literary magazines in Paris, where he edited work by authors such as Beckett and Neruda and collaborated with avant‑garde publishers.
Author of novels, essays and experimental texts, Trocchi gained notoriety with Cain’s Book, a semi‑autobiographical account of heroin addiction that provoked controversy and obscenity prosecutions in the United Kingdom while receiving favorable reviews in the United States. He also wrote under various pseudonyms and produced erotic literature published by the Olympia Press.
Politically restless, he took part in international avant‑garde currents — including Lettrisme and the Situationist International — and proposed cultural projects such as a “spontaneous university” that influenced the British underground. His work and life, marked by talent and drug dependence, left an ambivalent legacy: they revived critical interest after his death and influenced later generations of writers and editors.
