Physicist
Auguste Piccard
Swiss physicist who was the first person to reach the stratosphere by balloon, and designed the submersible his son took to the ocean floor.
Auguste Antoine Piccard was a Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere and became the first person to enter the stratosphere. Piccard was also known for his invention of the first bathyscaphe, FNRS-2, with which he made a number of unmanned dives in 1948 to explore the ocean's depths.
- Born
- 1884-01-28, Basel, SwitzerlandA Monday
- Died
- 1962-03-24, Chexbres, SwitzerlandA Saturday, aged 78
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1884-01-28, Basel, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
Europe/ZurichThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 8°00′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 11°19′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 22°20′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Pisces | 9°07′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 13°41′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 28°24′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 3°14′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 27°50′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Taurus | 18°16′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 29°17′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1962-03-24, Chexbres, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Zurichthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 3°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 7°53′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 13°28′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 17°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 9°30′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 29°40′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 8°45′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 27°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 13°05′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 8°14′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Auguste Piccard 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.