Derek Walcott was a Saint Lucian poet and playwright, born in Castries, Saint Lucia, on January 23, 1930. He is notable for his contributions to English literature and was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992 for his distinguished body of work.
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Time Zone - America/St_Lucia (4:0 W)
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Meaning of the name - Derek
ruler of the people
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Derek Walcott belongs to the Silent Generation group.
Place of Birth: Castries
Place of Death: Cap Estate
Educated At: University of the West Indies | University of London
Occupation: prose writer | playwright | poet | writer
Spouses: Norline Metivier | Margaret Maillard | Fay Moston
Employers: Boston University
Awards Received: honorary doctorate of the University of Alcala | Heinemann Award | PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award | Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards | Officer of the Order of the British Empire | Guggenheim Fellowship | Musgrave Medal | Order of Merit | MacArthur Fellows Program | Preis der Stadt Münster für Europäische Poesie | Cholmondeley Award | Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry | T. S. Eliot Prize | Nobel Prize in Literature
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Note: This birth chart is calculated using the date and place of birth, with the time set to noon (12:00 PM) local time. While this provides accurate planetary positions for most celestial bodies, the Ascendant (Rising Sign) and house cusps are not calculated since they require precise birth time. For a complete astrological analysis including houses and rising sign, please provide the exact birth time.Ephemeris for January 23, 1930
Note: Moon position is location and time sensitive.| Planet | Position (Tropical, Western) | Transits on January 23, 2026 | Secondary Progressions for January 23, 2026 |
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| Sun | 2 Aquarius 57 | 3 Aquarius 39 | 8 Taurus 36 |
| Moon | 25 Scorpio 53 | 1 Aries 27 | 19 Taurus 35 |
| Mercury | 29 Capricorn 10 | 5 Aquarius 1 | 28 Taurus 50 |
| Venus | 29 Capricorn 34 | 7 Aquarius 43 | 28 Taurus 58 |
| Mars | 19 Capricorn 8 | 0 Aquarius 13 | 3 Aries 49 |
| Jupiter | 6 Gemini 20 | 18 Cancer 22 | 16 Gemini 57 |
| Saturn | 6 Capricorn 35 | 27 Pisces 46 | 12 Capricorn 7 |
| Uranus | 8 Aries 2 | 27 Taurus 31 | 12 Aries 52 |
| Neptune | 2 Virgo 58 | 29 Pisces 55 | 0 Virgo 50 |
| Pluto | 18 Cancer 15 | 3 Aquarius 26 | 17 Cancer 37 |
| Rahu | 7 Taurus 44 | 10 Pisces 58 | 2 Taurus 39 |
| Ketu | 7 Scorpio 44 | 10 Virgo 58 | 2 Scorpio 39 |
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