Physicist

Alessandro Volta

Built the first battery in 1800, which gave everybody a steady current to experiment with for the first time. The volt is named after him.

Born1745-02-18, Como, ItalyA Thursday
Died1827-03-05, Como, ItalyA Monday, aged 82
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1745-02-18, Como, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Romethe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius29°58′Direct
MoonVirgo26°54′Direct
MercuryAquarius5°25′Direct
VenusAries11°55′Direct
MarsLibra10°10′Retrograde
JupiterScorpio14°06′Direct
SaturnLibra0°31′Retrograde
UranusAquarius2°49′Direct
NeptuneCancer14°03′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio21°43′Direct

This is Alessandro Volta's chart for 1745-02-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1827-03-05, Como, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Romethe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces14°08′Direct
MoonGemini10°47′Direct
MercuryPisces24°57′Direct
VenusCapricorn27°30′Direct
MarsAries20°17′Direct
JupiterLibra12°34′Retrograde
SaturnGemini29°10′Direct
UranusCapricorn26°50′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn15°40′Direct
PlutoAries4°19′Direct

This is Alessandro Volta's chart for 1827-03-05, the day they died, cast the same way a birth chart is cast. Cast one for any recorded date. It predicts nothing: the date is one you already have.

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Alessandro Volta was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.

The birth time is unknown, so this map is cast for noon. The SHAPE of it is right and the whole pattern slides east or west with the real time, so treat the longitudes as approximate.

Sun MCSun ICSun ACSun DCMoon MCMoon ICMoon ACMoon DCMercury MCMercury ICMercury ACMercury DCVenus MCVenus ICVenus ACVenus DCMars MCMars ICMars ACMars DCJupiter MCJupiter ICJupiter ACJupiter DCSaturn MCSaturn ICSaturn ACSaturn DCUranus MCUranus ICUranus ACUranus DCNeptune MCNeptune ICNeptune ACNeptune DCPluto MCPluto ICPluto ACPluto DC
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Ten planets on four angles is forty lines, which is more than the interactive tool opens with on purpose. Draw your own map to choose which planets to show.

Charts are computed from real planetary positions (Swiss Ephemeris) for the recorded moment and place. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.