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.

Born1884-01-28, Basel, SwitzerlandA Monday
Died1962-03-24, Chexbres, SwitzerlandA Saturday, aged 78
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1884-01-28, Basel, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Zurichthe 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
SunAquarius8°00′Direct
MoonAquarius11°19′Direct
MercuryCapricorn22°20′Retrograde
VenusPisces9°07′Direct
MarsLeo13°41′Retrograde
JupiterCancer28°24′Retrograde
SaturnGemini3°14′Retrograde
UranusVirgo27°50′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus18°16′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus29°17′Retrograde

This is Auguste Piccard's chart for 1884-01-28, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1962-03-24, Chexbres, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Zurichthe 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
SunAries3°19′Direct
MoonScorpio7°53′Direct
MercuryPisces13°28′Direct
VenusAries17°00′Direct
MarsPisces9°30′Direct
JupiterAquarius29°40′Direct
SaturnAquarius8°45′Direct
UranusLeo27°06′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio13°05′Retrograde
PlutoVirgo8°14′Retrograde

This is Auguste Piccard's chart for 1962-03-24, 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 Auguste Piccard 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.