Politician & astronaut
Bill Nelson
Flew on Columbia as a congressman, then ran NASA.
Clarence William Nelson II is an American politician, attorney, and former astronaut who served from 2001 to 2019 as a United States senator from Florida and from 2021 to 2025 as the administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). A member of the Democratic Party, Nelson served from 1979 to 1991 as a U.S. representative from Florida's Space Coast, and from 1972 to 1978 as a member of the Florida House of Representatives. In January 1986, he became the second sitting member of Congress to fly in space, after Senator Jake Garn, when he served as a payload specialist on mission STS-61-C aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Before entering politics, he served in the United States Army Reserve during the Vietnam War.
- Born
- 1942-09-29, Miami, USAA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1942-09-29, Miami, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 5°52′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 5°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 25°56′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 23°37′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 7°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 22°15′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 12°30′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 4°25′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 29°51′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 6°54′ | Direct |
Bill Nelson is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Bill Nelson 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.
