Statesman & scientist

Benjamin Franklin

Printer, postmaster, diplomat and the man who established that lightning is electricity. He is the only founder who signed all four documents that made the United States.

Born1706-01-17, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday
Died1790-04-17, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAA Saturday, aged 84
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1706-01-17, Boston, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunCapricorn27°16′Direct
MoonPisces6°21′Direct
MercuryAquarius12°18′Retrograde
VenusCapricorn5°50′Direct
MarsSagittarius20°41′Direct
JupiterCancer24°19′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus12°54′Direct
UranusLeo6°51′Retrograde
NeptuneAries16°20′Direct
PlutoLeo20°37′Retrograde

This is Benjamin Franklin's chart for 1706-01-17, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1790-04-17, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunAries27°49′Direct
MoonGemini2°49′Direct
MercuryAries14°50′Direct
VenusPisces21°44′Direct
MarsLeo15°54′Direct
JupiterLeo21°14′Direct
SaturnPisces29°53′Direct
UranusLeo5°26′Direct
NeptuneLibra24°00′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius20°24′Direct

This is Benjamin Franklin's chart for 1790-04-17, 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 Benjamin Franklin 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.