Philosopher & logician

Bertrand Russell

Co-wrote Principia Mathematica, won the Nobel Prize in Literature, and was imprisoned twice: once for opposing the First World War and once, at eighty-nine, for nuclear disarmament.

Born1872-05-18, Trellech, WalesA Saturday
Died1970-02-02, Penrhyndeudraeth, WalesA Monday, aged 97
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1872-05-18, Trellech, Wales · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunTaurus27°47′Direct
MoonLibra0°23′Direct
MercuryTaurus3°13′Direct
VenusTaurus11°53′Direct
MarsTaurus27°34′Direct
JupiterCancer25°35′Direct
SaturnCapricorn21°00′Retrograde
UranusCancer27°57′Direct
NeptuneAries25°00′Direct
PlutoTaurus19°32′Direct

This is Bertrand Russell's chart for 1872-05-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1970-02-02, Penrhyndeudraeth, Wales · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunAquarius13°11′Direct
MoonSagittarius19°28′Direct
MercuryCapricorn17°58′Direct
VenusAquarius15°15′Direct
MarsAries6°18′Direct
JupiterScorpio5°29′Direct
SaturnTaurus2°51′Direct
UranusLibra8°36′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius0°39′Direct
PlutoVirgo27°04′Retrograde

This is Bertrand Russell's chart for 1970-02-02, 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 Bertrand Russell 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.