Astronomer
Annie Jump Cannon
Classified around 350,000 stars by hand and devised the system still used to sort them by spectrum. She was deaf for most of her working life.
Annie Jump Cannon was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to organize and classify stars based on their temperatures and spectral types. She was nearly deaf throughout her career after 1893, as a result of scarlet fever. She was a suffragist and a member of the National Women's Party.
- Born
- 1863-12-11, Dover, Delaware, USAA Friday
- Died
- 1941-04-13, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday, aged 77
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Capricorn
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1863-12-11, Dover, Delaware, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 19°13′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 0°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 24°37′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 2°25′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 26°19′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 16°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 16°11′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 23°12′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aries | 3°18′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 10°41′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1941-04-13, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 23°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 19°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 2°14′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 21°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 7°45′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 20°01′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 14°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 24°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 25°36′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°01′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Annie Jump Cannon 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.
