Birth Name:

Homer Hickam

Male

Birth Date:

Fri, Feb 19, 1943

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

Coalwood, West Virginia, United States

Age:

81

Zodiac Sign:

Pisces

Astrology Data:

Sun

0°

Pis

8'

About Homer Hickam

Homer Hadley Hickam Jr. (born February 19, 1943) is an American author, Vietnam War veteran, and a former NASA engineer who trained the first Japanese astronauts. His 1998 memoir Rocket Boys (also published as October Sky) was a New York Times Best Seller and was the basis for the 1999 film October Sky. Hickam's body of written work also includes several additional best-selling memoirs and novels, including the "Josh Thurlow" historical fiction novels, his 2015 best-selling Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator and in 2021 the sequel to Rocket Boys titled Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky. His books have been translated into many languages.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Homer Hickam: Sun 0 Pisces, Moon 23 Leo, Mercury 3 Aquarius, Venus 22 Pisces, Mars 17 Capricorn, Jupiter 15 Cancer, Saturn 5 Gemini, Uranus 0 Gemini, Neptune 1 Libra, Pluto 5 Leo, Sun Square Uranus, Mercury Opposition Pluto, Sun Quincunx Neptune, Mercury Trine Saturn, Sun Semi Square Mars, Sun Sesquiquadrate Jupiter, Mercury Trine Uranus, Mercury Trine Neptune, Venus Sesquiquadrate Pluto, Mars Opposition Jupiter, Mars Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Jupiter Semi Square Uranus, Saturn Conjunct Uranus, Saturn Trine Neptune, Saturn Sextile Pluto, Uranus Trine Neptune

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