Jamaica KincaidBirth Chart
Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson
25/05/1949 05:00
B - Biography/autobiography
Saint John's
Antigua and Barbuda
17°06' ↑ North - 61°51' ← West
05:00 West
Sun Moon Asc
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Jamaica Kincaid, born Elaine Cynthia Potter Richardson, is an Antiguan-born writer based in the United States, known for her prose—novels, essays and short pieces—and for her writing on gardening. Autobiographically inclined, her work examines family relationships, colonial memory and postcolonial identities, with a direct and sometimes combative style that has earned both praise and criticism. Trained in journalistic practice at publications such as The New Yorker, where she was a columnist for two decades, Kincaid established herself with novels like Lucy (serialized in the magazine) and collections of short texts that showcase her distinctive voice. Her career also includes academic work—she has taught at Harvard—and recognition through literary and lifetime achievement awards. Beyond her literary output, Kincaid is noted as a gardener and author of gardening writing, bringing an aesthetic and ecological sensibility to her narratives. Her work remains important to discussions of postcolonialism, gender and cultural memory, influencing generations of writers and readers interested in Caribbean literatures and the African diaspora.
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↣ Moon in Taurus - 05°10' - in house 12
↣ Mercury in Gemini - 17°01' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Venus in Gemini - 14°01' - in house 1
↣ Mars in Taurus - 18°44' - in house 12
↣ Jupiter in Aquarius - 02°08' - in house 9 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Leo - 29°49' - in house 4
↣ Uranus in Gemini - 29°06' - in house 1/2
↣ Neptune in Libra - 12°37' - in house 5 - retrograde
↣ Pluto in Leo - 14°20' - in house 3
↣ North Node in Aries - 25°16' - in house 11/12 - retrograde
↣ Ascendant in Gemini - 09°35' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Aquarius - 28°40' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Gemini - 02°52'
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↣ Moon in house 12
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↣ North Node in house 11/12
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↣ Moon and Saturn trine (5°22' separating) parallel
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↣ Mercury and Uranus parallel
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↣ Mercury and Pluto sextile (2°40' applying) parallel
↣ Mercury and Ascendant conjunction (7°26' applying)
↣ Venus and Uranus parallel
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↣ Venus and Ascendant conjunction (4°26' applying) parallel
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↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant square (3°03' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven opposition (1°10' applying)
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↣ Neptune and Pluto sextile (1°43' separating)
↣ Neptune and Ascendant trine (3°03' applying)
↣ Pluto and Ascendant sextile (4°46' applying)
↣ North Node and Midheaven sextile (3°24' separating)