Architect & designer

Alvar Aalto

Made modernism warm by using bent plywood and brick, and designed everything in his buildings down to the door handles and the vases.

Born1898-02-03, Kuortane, FinlandA Thursday
Died1976-05-11, Helsinki, FinlandA Tuesday, aged 78
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Cancer

Birth Chart

1898-02-03, Kuortane, Finland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Helsinkithe 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
SunAquarius14°39′Direct
MoonCancer7°08′Direct
MercuryCapricorn20°03′Direct
VenusAquarius11°37′Direct
MarsCapricorn24°27′Direct
JupiterLibra10°07′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius10°32′Direct
UranusSagittarius3°04′Direct
NeptuneGemini19°54′Retrograde
PlutoGemini12°48′Retrograde

This is Alvar Aalto's chart for 1898-02-03, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1976-05-11, Helsinki, Finland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Helsinkithe 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
SunTaurus20°49′Direct
MoonLibra16°51′Direct
MercuryGemini3°32′Retrograde
VenusTaurus10°39′Direct
MarsCancer27°11′Direct
JupiterTaurus10°53′Direct
SaturnCancer27°46′Direct
UranusScorpio4°26′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius13°11′Retrograde
PlutoLibra9°18′Retrograde

This is Alvar Aalto's chart for 1976-05-11, 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 Alvar Aalto 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.