Chemist

August Kekule

Worked out the ring structure of benzene and said the idea came from a daydream of a snake biting its own tail.

Born1829-09-07, Darmstadt, GermanyA Monday
Died1896-07-13, Bonn, GermanyA Monday, aged 66
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1829-09-07, Darmstadt, 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
SunVirgo14°30′Direct
MoonSagittarius26°10′Direct
MercuryVirgo29°13′Direct
VenusLibra13°46′Direct
MarsVirgo8°07′Direct
JupiterSagittarius7°20′Direct
SaturnLeo12°36′Direct
UranusAquarius2°57′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn17°56′Retrograde
PlutoAries7°58′Retrograde

This is August Kekule's chart for 1829-09-07, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1896-07-13, Bonn, 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
SunCancer21°28′Direct
MoonLeo25°38′Direct
MercuryCancer3°07′Direct
VenusCancer22°32′Direct
MarsTaurus8°09′Direct
JupiterLeo13°36′Direct
SaturnScorpio12°26′Retrograde
UranusScorpio20°32′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini19°01′Direct
PlutoGemini13°07′Direct

This is August Kekule's chart for 1896-07-13, 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 August Kekule 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.