Physicist & dissident

Andrei Sakharov

Designed the Soviet hydrogen bomb and then spent the rest of his life opposing the state that built it, winning the Nobel Peace Prize from internal exile.

Born1921-05-21, Moscow, RussiaA Saturday
Died1989-12-14, Moscow, RussiaA Thursday, aged 68
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1921-05-21, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunTaurus29°40′Direct
MoonScorpio23°08′Direct
MercuryGemini12°16′Direct
VenusAries24°50′Direct
MarsGemini10°34′Direct
JupiterVirgo9°16′Direct
SaturnVirgo17°58′Direct
UranusPisces9°24′Direct
NeptuneLeo11°11′Direct
PlutoCancer7°28′Direct

This is Andrei Sakharov's chart for 1921-05-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1989-12-14, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunSagittarius22°21′Direct
MoonCancer15°05′Direct
MercuryCapricorn9°59′Direct
VenusAquarius2°20′Direct
MarsScorpio27°20′Direct
JupiterCancer7°34′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn13°33′Direct
UranusCapricorn4°41′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn11°21′Direct
PlutoScorpio16°31′Direct

This is Andrei Sakharov's chart for 1989-12-14, 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 Andrei Sakharov 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.