Birth Chart
Edward Said
Edward Wadie Said
Sun Scorpio
Moon Capricorn
Ascendant Taurus
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Scorpio - 08°16' - in house 7
↣ Moon in Capricorn - 09°00' - in house 9
↣ Mercury in Libra - 19°44' - in house 6
↣ Venus in Virgo - 22°52' - in house 5/6
↣ Mars in Capricorn - 02°52' - in house 9
↣ Jupiter in Scorpio - 28°22' - in house 7
↣ Saturn in Pisces - 03°32' - in house 11 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Taurus - 03°19' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 16°08' - in house 5
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 27°25' - in house 4 - retrograde
↣ North Node in Capricorn - 14°58' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Taurus - 12°38' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Capricorn - 28°06' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 02°24'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 7
↣ Moon in house 9
↣ Mercury in house 6
↣ Venus in house 5/6
↣ Mars in house 9
↣ Jupiter in house 7
↣ Saturn in house 11
↣ Uranus in house 1
↣ Neptune in house 5
↣ Pluto in house 4
↣ North Node in house 9
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon sextile (0°44' separating)
↣ Sun and Mars sextile (5°23' separating)
↣ Sun and Saturn trine (4°43' separating)
↣ Sun and Uranus opposition (4°57' separating)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (5°52' applying)
↣ Sun and Ascendant opposition (4°22' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Mars conjunction (6°08' separating) parallel
↣ Moon and Saturn sextile (5°28' separating)
↣ Moon and Uranus trine (5°41' separating)
↣ Moon and Pluto antiparallel
↣ Moon and North Node conjunction (5°58' applying) parallel
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant trine (6°37' applying)
↣ Moon and Ascendant trine (3°38' separating)
↣ Mercury and Neptune antiparallel
↣ Mercury and North Node square (4°46' separating)
↣ Venus and Jupiter sextile (5°31' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune conjunction (6°43' separating)
↣ Venus and Pluto sextile (4°33' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (5°15' separating)
↣ Mars and Saturn sextile (0°40' applying)
↣ Mars and Uranus trine (0°26' applying)
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant trine (0°29' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Saturn square (5°10' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto trine (0°58' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven sextile (0°16' applying)
↣ Saturn and Uranus sextile (0°14' separating) antiparallel
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°09' applying)
↣ Uranus and Pluto square (5°54' applying)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (0°55' applying)
↣ Uranus and Ascendant conjunction (9°19' separating)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven square (5°13' applying)
↣ Neptune and North Node trine (1°10' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant trine (3°30' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node antiparallel
↣ Pluto and Equatorial Ascendant square (4°59' separating)
↣ Pluto and Midheaven opposition (0°42' separating)
↣ North Node and Ascendant trine (2°20' applying)
Birth data
- Original name
- Edward Wadie Said
- Chart date
- 01/11/1935
- Chart time
- 17:00
- Date and time quality
- AA Birth record in hand what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Jerusalem, Israel - Latitude and longitude
- 31°46' North · 35°14' East
- Time zone
- 02:00 East
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About
Edward Wadie Said was a Palestinian‑American scholar, literary critic, and public intellectual who became known as a professor of Comparative Literature at Columbia University. A central figure in the establishment of postcolonial studies, he changed critical practices by proposing new readings of the relations between culture and power. His book Orientalism (1978) became a standard reference by showing how Western representations of the “Orient” served colonial interests and shaped academic knowledge and cultural policies.
Throughout his career, Said combined literary theory, cultural criticism, and political engagement, producing works such as Culture and Imperialism (1993) and numerous essays that problematize cultural archives and imperial narratives. Influenced by thinkers such as Gramsci, Fanon, and Foucault, he linked textual analysis and historical context to reveal how the humanistic disciplines reproduce relations of domination.
An activist for Palestinian national rights, he served on the Palestinian National Council and argued for various political solutions over time, while remaining critical of agreements and the status quo. His legacy endures both in the scholarly methods of postcolonial studies and in public debates about culture, politics, and memory.
