Physicist

Arno Allan Penzias

Detected the cosmic microwave background by accident while trying to eliminate noise from an antenna, and won the Nobel Prize for it.

Born1933-04-26, Munich, GermanyA Wednesday
Died2024-01-22, San Francisco, United StatesA Monday, aged 90
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1933-04-26, Munich, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunTaurus5°45′Direct
MoonTaurus24°22′Direct
MercuryAries9°20′Direct
VenusTaurus7°00′Direct
MarsVirgo2°02′Direct
JupiterVirgo13°35′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius15°37′Direct
UranusAries24°04′Direct
NeptuneVirgo7°31′Retrograde
PlutoCancer21°20′Direct

This is Arno Allan Penzias's chart for 1933-04-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2024-01-22, San Francisco, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunAquarius2°17′Direct
MoonGemini29°01′Direct
MercuryCapricorn10°41′Direct
VenusSagittarius29°20′Direct
MarsCapricorn13°39′Direct
JupiterTaurus6°27′Direct
SaturnPisces5°24′Direct
UranusTaurus19°05′Retrograde
NeptunePisces25°31′Direct
PlutoAquarius0°03′Direct

This is Arno Allan Penzias's chart for 2024-01-22, 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 Arno Allan Penzias 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.