John McCrae (November 30, 1872 – January 28, 1918)

With Remembrance Day 2026 just past, I thought I might look at the man who wrote the most famous WWI poem, “In Flanders Fields“.

Because we don’t know the time of day McCrae was born, I randomized the time. The one date and time that we can rely on is the one for the publication of the poem in the Punch Magazine on December 8, 1915, seven months after it was written for his friend’s burial.

The Yod pointing at Saturn (formed by inconjuncts to the Sun and Uranus) is proof of the poem’s longevity. The conjunction of the Moon, Venus and the Ascendant (in opposition to both Saturn and Pluto) shows how well-loved it became. It touched a Canadian nerve, for sure.

Here’s the combined birth chart and event chart:

The connections are real. The Sun/Moon conjunction in McCrae’s birth chart is split by the event Mercury. That makes total sense. McCrae’s natal Mercury is conjunct the event Ascendant. Ha!

I should be so lucky.