Astronaut & painter
Alan Bean
The fourth man on the Moon, who then spent thirty years painting lunar scenes using moon dust from the patches of his own spacesuit.
Alan LaVern Bean was an American naval officer and aviator, aeronautical engineer, test pilot, NASA astronaut and painter. He was selected to become an astronaut by NASA in 1963 as part of Astronaut Group 3, and was the fourth person to walk on the Moon.
- Born
- 1932-03-15, Wheeler, Texas, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 2018-05-26, Houston, Texas, USAA Saturday, aged 86
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1932-03-15, Wheeler, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 24°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 27°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 10°40′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 7°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 15°29′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 13°29′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 1°59′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 17°57′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 6°06′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°01′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2018-05-26, Houston, Texas, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 5°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 1°47′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 23°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 8°32′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 3°45′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 16°10′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 8°00′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 0°34′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 16°20′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 21°00′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Alan Bean was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.