Birth Chart

Max Perkins

William Maxwell Evarts Perkins

Sun Virgo

Moon Libra

Ascendant Libra

Influences in signs

↣ Sun in Virgo - 27°54' - in house 12

↣ Moon in Libra - 10°56' - in house 1

↣ Mercury in Virgo - 26°08' - in house 12 - retrograde

↣ Venus in Leo - 11°50' - in house 10/11

↣ Mars in Scorpio - 05°11' - in house 2

↣ Jupiter in Leo - 24°54' - in house 11

↣ Saturn in Gemini - 24°01' - in house 9

↣ Uranus in Virgo - 28°30' - in house 12

↣ Neptune in Taurus - 23°11' - in house 8 - retrograde

↣ Pluto in Gemini - 02°06' - in house 8/9 - retrograde

↣ North Node in Libra - 14°01' - in house 1 - retrograde

↣ Ascendant in Libra - 12°31' - in house 1

↣ Midheaven in Cancer - 14°33' - in house 10

↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Libra - 17°08'

Influences in houses

↣ Sun in house 12

↣ Moon in house 1

↣ Mercury in house 12

↣ Venus in house 10/11

↣ Mars in house 2

↣ Jupiter in house 11

↣ Saturn in house 9

↣ Uranus in house 12

↣ Neptune in house 8

↣ Pluto in house 8/9

↣ North Node in house 1

↣ Ascendant in house 1

↣ Midheaven in house 10

Aspects

↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (1°47' separating) antiparallel

↣ Sun and Saturn square (3°53' separating)

↣ Sun and Uranus conjunction (0°36' applying) parallel

↣ Sun and Neptune trine (4°44' separating)

↣ Sun and Pluto trine (4°12' applying)

↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Moon and Venus sextile (0°54' applying)

↣ Moon and North Node conjunction (3°05' applying) parallel

↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (6°12' separating)

↣ Moon and Ascendant conjunction (1°35' separating) parallel

↣ Moon and Midheaven square (3°37' separating)

↣ Mercury and Saturn square (2°07' applying)

↣ Mercury and Uranus conjunction (2°23' separating) antiparallel

↣ Mercury and Neptune trine (2°57' applying)

↣ Mercury and Pluto trine (5°58' separating)

↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant parallel

↣ Venus and North Node sextile (2°11' applying)

↣ Venus and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (5°18' separating)

↣ Venus and Ascendant sextile (0°41' separating)

↣ Mars and Jupiter antiparallel

↣ Jupiter and Saturn sextile (0°53' separating)

↣ Jupiter and Neptune square (1°43' separating)

↣ Saturn and Uranus square (4°29' separating)

↣ Saturn and Midheaven parallel

↣ Uranus and Neptune trine (5°19' separating)

↣ Uranus and Pluto trine (3°36' applying)

↣ North Node and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (3°07' separating)

↣ North Node and Ascendant conjunction (1°30' applying) parallel

↣ North Node and Midheaven square (0°32' separating)

Birth data

Original name: William Maxwell Evarts Perkins
Chart date: 20/09/1884
Chart time: 07:00
Date and time quality: B Biography/autobiography what does this mean?
Data origin: Astro-Databank
Location: Manhattan (NY), USA
Latitude and longitude: 40°46' North · 73°59' West
Time zone: 05:00 West

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About

Max Perkins (William Maxwell Evarts Perkins) was one of the most influential American literary editors of the first third of the 20th century. Working at Charles Scribner’s Sons, he became known for discovering and guiding authors who would shape modern American literature, among them F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Wolfe, and Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. His ear for young talent and close attention to narrative structure changed the role of the editor, bringing it closer to what is now called an "author editor."

Perkins operated both as a demanding reader and as a mentor: he intervened decisively in works such as Fitzgerald’s This Side of Paradise and The Great Gatsby, negotiated cuts and reorganizations in Thomas Wolfe’s expansive manuscripts, and defended the publication of controversial novels like Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises. He also fostered less obvious careers, helping Ring Lardner, J. P. Marquand, Erskine Caldwell, and Marjorie K. Rawlings, whose The Yearling incorporated his suggestions and went on to win awards.

Known for his courtesy, critical acumen, and keen sense of structure, Perkins left a lasting legacy in literary editing and is remembered as a model of an editor who combined advocacy for authors with aesthetic rigor. He died in 1947, not living to see the full posthumous recognition of some of the works he helped bring into being.

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