Birth Chart
William Saroyan
Sun Virgo
Moon Scorpio
Ascendant Taurus
Influences in signs
↣ Sun in Virgo - 08°23' - in house 5
↣ Moon in Scorpio - 07°17' - in house 6
↣ Mercury in Virgo - 18°59' - in house 5
↣ Venus in Cancer - 23°13' - in house 3
↣ Mars in Virgo - 05°04' - in house 5
↣ Jupiter in Leo - 27°37' - in house 4/5
↣ Saturn in Aries - 08°51' - in house 12 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Capricorn - 13°07' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Neptune in Cancer - 16°28' - in house 3
↣ Pluto in Gemini - 25°44' - in house 2
↣ North Node in Cancer - 02°33' - in house 2 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Taurus - 28°02' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aquarius - 07°49' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Taurus - 12°41'
Influences in houses
↣ Sun in house 5
↣ Moon in house 6
↣ Mercury in house 5
↣ Venus in house 3
↣ Mars in house 5
↣ Jupiter in house 4/5
↣ Saturn in house 12
↣ Uranus in house 9
↣ Neptune in house 3
↣ Pluto in house 2
↣ North Node in house 2
↣ Ascendant in house 1
↣ Midheaven in house 10
Aspects
↣ Sun and Moon sextile (1°05' applying)
↣ Sun and Mercury conjunction (10°37' separating)
↣ Sun and Mars conjunction (3°18' separating)
↣ Sun and Uranus trine (4°45' applying)
↣ Sun and North Node sextile (5°50' separating)
↣ Sun and Equatorial Ascendant trine (4°18' separating)
↣ Moon and Mars sextile (2°13' separating) antiparallel
↣ Moon and Uranus sextile (5°50' applying)
↣ Moon and North Node trine (4°44' separating)
↣ Moon and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (5°24' separating)
↣ Moon and Midheaven square (0°32' separating)
↣ Mercury and Venus sextile (4°14' applying)
↣ Mercury and Uranus trine (5°52' separating)
↣ Mercury and Neptune sextile (2°32' separating)
↣ Mercury and Equatorial Ascendant trine (6°18' applying)
↣ Venus and Neptune conjunction (6°46' separating)
↣ Venus and Ascendant sextile (4°49' separating)
↣ Venus and Midheaven antiparallel
↣ Mars and Jupiter conjunction (7°28' separating)
↣ Mars and North Node sextile (2°31' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Pluto sextile (1°52' separating)
↣ Jupiter and North Node sextile (4°57' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant square (0°25' separating)
↣ Saturn and Uranus square (4°16' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven sextile (1°02' applying)
↣ Uranus and Neptune opposition (3°20' separating)
↣ Uranus and North Node antiparallel
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant trine (0°26' applying)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant sextile (3°46' applying)
↣ Pluto and North Node conjunction (6°49' applying)
Birth data
- Chart date
- 31/08/1908
- Chart time
- 22:00
- Date and time quality
- C Rectified from approximate time what does this mean?
- Data origin
- Astro-Databank
- Location
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Fresno (CA), USA - Latitude and longitude
- 36°45' North · 119°46' West
- Time zone
- 08:00 West
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About
William Saroyan was an American novelist, playwright and short-story writer of Armenian descent, noted for his portrayal of immigrant life in the western United States. He became an important figure in the mid-20th-century literary scene with works set in Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley, capturing the hardships of the Great Depression and the vitality of Armenian communities.
Among his best-known titles are The Time of Your Life, My Name Is Aram and My Heart's in the Highlands; his 1930s story collections, such as The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Inhale Exhale, are regarded as essential records of the era’s culture. Saroyan developed a concise, warm style—sometimes called “Saroyanesque”—that emphasizes a zest for life and close observation of human joys and sufferings.
He received significant institutional recognition: he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for The Time of Your Life (which he refused on principle) and the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Human Comedy, a project that bridged screenplay and novel. A prolific writer, he also published memoirs and essays about his travels and encounters with cultural figures of his time.
Saroyan’s legacy endures in the appreciation of literature focused on immigrant communities and in the influence he exerted on subsequent generations of American writers.
