Birth Chart
Anne Sexton
Anne Gray Harvey
Sun Scorpio
Moon Libra
When the birth time is unknown, the chart is calculated for 12:00 noon without using the astrological houses system. Are the planets in the wrong houses?
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 17°04'
↣ Moon in Libra - 17°26'
↣ Mercury in Libra - 28°08'
↣ Venus in Sagittarius - 20°47'
↣ Mars in Cancer - 09°15'
↣ Jupiter in Taurus - 03°48' - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Sagittarius - 17°40'
↣ Uranus in Aries - 03°55' - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 01°13'
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 18°18' - retrograde
↣ North Node in Gemini - 00°30' - retrograde
Aspects
↣ Sun and Pluto trine (1°14' applying)
↣ Moon and Mercury conjunction (10°42' applying)
↣ Moon and Venus sextile (3°22' applying)
↣ Moon and Saturn sextile (0°14' applying)
↣ Moon and Pluto square (0°52' applying)
↣ Mercury and Jupiter opposition (5°40' applying)
↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (3°05' applying)
↣ Venus and Mars antiparallel
↣ Venus and Saturn conjunction (3°08' separating)
↣ Mars and Jupiter sextile (5°27' separating)
↣ Mars and Uranus square (5°19' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Neptune trine (2°34' applying) parallel
↣ Saturn and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Uranus and North Node sextile (3°25' separating)
↣ Neptune and North Node square (0°43' separating)
Birth data
- Original name
- Anne Gray Harvey
- Chart date
- 09/11/1928
- Chart time
- No time
- Date and time quality
- XX Time not informed what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Newton (MA), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 42°20' North · 71°13' West
- Time zone
- 05:00 West
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About
Anne Sexton was an American poet associated with the confessional poetry movement, known for turning intimate experiences and personal suffering into poetic material. Over her career she published in prestigious journals and formed close ties with central figures of contemporary poetry, such as Robert Lowell, W. D. Snodgrass, Sylvia Plath and Maxine Kumin — with the latter she maintained a friendship and editorial collaboration.
Her work addressed frankly subjects then rarely discussed in poetry: depression, suicidal ideation and attempts, female sexuality, menstruation, abortion and family conflicts. This direct, autobiographical tone won her critical recognition and popular attention, culminating in the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1967.
Her literary life was also marked by a long struggle with mental illness, psychiatric episodes and therapy that influenced both the content and the pace of her output. Posthumous publications collected poems, letters and essays that helped consolidate her legacy.
Today Anne Sexton remains a controversial and influential figure: her pioneering voice in bringing the private into the poetic opened the way for discussions of mental health and the female experience in American literature.
