James K. BaxterBirth Chart
James Kier Baxter
29/06/1926 21:30
A - Memory
Dunedin
New Zealand
45°52' ↓ South - 170°30' → East
11:30 East
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James K. Baxter was one of New Zealand’s most influential poets and playwrights of the twentieth century. Known for a prolific and technically assured output, he became prominent for lyrical poems and cycles that explored New Zealand’s landscape, solitude, and personal conflict, earning early praise from critics and literary awards. The son of pacifists and shaped by unusual family and school experiences, Baxter also acted as a social commentator: his stance as a conscientious objector, his conversion to Christianity, and later activism for the preservation of Māori culture became integral to his work and public life. His writing ranged across poetry, drama, criticism, and autobiographical prose, reflecting both modernist sensibilities and ethical and communal concerns. His personal life — including struggles with alcoholism, involvement in religious communities, and the founding of a controversial commune in Jerusalem — fed much of his literary and public legacy. Married to the writer Jacquie Sturm, he left a lasting influence on New Zealand literature and is remembered as a central, and at times controversial, figure of his generation.
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↣ Moon in Aquarius - 25°00' - in house 12
↣ Mercury in Leo - 00°18' - in house 5/6
↣ Venus in Gemini - 00°38' - in house 4
↣ Mars in Aries - 09°43' - in house 2
↣ Jupiter in Aquarius - 26°54' - in house 1 - retrograde
↣ Saturn in Scorpio - 19°55' - in house 10 - retrograde
↣ Uranus in Pisces - 29°26' - in house 2
↣ Neptune in Leo - 22°50' - in house 6
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↣ North Node in Cancer - 16°25' - in house 5
↣ Ascendant in Pisces - 05°23' - in house 1
↣ Midheaven in Scorpio - 29°26' - in house 10
↣ Equatorial Ascendant in Aquarius - 24°56'
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↣ Jupiter and Neptune opposition (4°04' applying) antiparallel
↣ Jupiter and Equatorial Ascendant conjunction (1°57' applying)
↣ Jupiter and Ascendant conjunction (8°29' separating)
↣ Jupiter and Midheaven square (2°32' separating)
↣ Saturn and Neptune square (2°55' separating)
↣ Saturn and Pluto trine (5°51' applying)
↣ Saturn and North Node trine (3°30' applying)
↣ Saturn and Equatorial Ascendant square (5°02' separating)
↣ Saturn and Midheaven conjunction (9°32' separating)
↣ Uranus and Equatorial Ascendant parallel
↣ Uranus and Midheaven trine (0°00' separating)
↣ Neptune and Equatorial Ascendant opposition (2°07' separating)
↣ Pluto and North Node conjunction (2°21' applying)