Birth Chart
John Anthony West
Sun Cancer
Moon Virgo
Ascendant Gemini
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Cancer - 16°53' - in house 2
↣ Moon in Virgo - 23°44' - in house 4
↣ Mercury in Leo - 10°56' - in house 3
↣ Venus in Cancer - 01°31' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Mars in Gemini - 11°57' - in house 12
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 23°11' - in house 3
↣ Saturn in Aquarius - 02°32' - in house 8 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Aries - 23°14' - in house 11
↣ Neptune in Virgo - 05°57' - in house 4
↣ Pluto in Cancer - 21°34' - in house 2
↣ North Node in Pisces - 18°58' - in house 10
↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 29°59' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Pisces - 06°18' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Gemini - 09°43'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 2
↣ Moon in house 4
↣ Mercury in house 3
↣ Venus in house 1
↣ Mars in house 12
↣ Jupiter in house 3
↣ Saturn in house 8
↣ Uranus in house 11
↣ Neptune in house 4
↣ Pluto in house 2
↣ North Node in house 10
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Mars parallel
↣ Sun and Uranus square (6°21' applying)
↣ Sun and Pluto conjunction (4°41' applying) parallel
↣ Sun and North Node trine (2°05' applying)
↣ Sun and Ascendant parallel
↣ Moon and Pluto sextile (2°10' separating)
↣ Moon and North Node opposition (4°46' separating)
↣ Moon and Ascendant square (6°15' separating)
↣ Mercury and Venus parallel
↣ Mercury and Mars sextile (1°01' applying)
↣ Mercury and Saturn opposition (8°23' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (1°12' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune sextile (4°26' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (1°32' applying)
↣ Venus and Midheaven trine (4°47' separating)
↣ Mars and Pluto parallel
↣ Mars and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (2°14' applying)
↣ Mars and Midheaven square (5°39' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Uranus trine (0°03' applying)
↣ Uranus and Pluto square (1°40' applying)
↣ Uranus and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°46' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant sextile (5°58' applying)
↣ Neptune and Midheaven opposition (0°21' separating) antiparallel
↣ Pluto and North Node trine (2°36' separating)
Birth data
- Chart date
- 09/07/1932
- Chart time
- 05:20
- Date and time quality
- C Unknown source origin what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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New York (NY), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 40°43' North · 74°00' West
- Time zone
- 04:00 West
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About
John Anthony West was an American author and lecturer known for advocating alternative hypotheses about Ancient Egypt, in particular the water-erosion theory for the Great Sphinx. He began his career as an advertising copywriter and science fiction writer—receiving an honorable mention at the 1962 Hugo Awards—before turning, from the 1970s onward, to non-fiction works that reinterpreted the chronology and technology of the ancient world.
His book Serpent in the Sky (1979) extended ideas of Schwaller de Lubicz and argued that the Sphinx had been carved long before the traditional dynastic period, a claim that led him to collaborate with geologist Robert M. Schoch. Their joint work reached a wide audience with the television documentary The Mystery of the Sphinx (1993), which received an award for investigative journalism.
West’s positions were controversial: mainstream scholars criticized the lack of scientific evidence and the speculative nature of his conclusions. Nevertheless, his work as a public communicator influenced popular debate over the dating and interpretation of Egyptian monuments, leaving a mark at the intersection of popularization, alternative theory, and public interest in antiquity.
