Physicist
Brian Josephson
Predicted the Josephson junction at twenty two while still a research student.
Brian David Josephson is a British theoretical physicist and emeritus professor at the University of Cambridge. He shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Ivar Giaever for his discovery of the Josephson effect, made in 1962 when he was a Ph.D. student at Cambridge.
- Born
- 1940-01-04, Cardiff, WalesA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1940-01-04, Cardiff, Wales · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 12°59′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 12°05′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 27°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 12°37′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 0°20′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 1°34′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 24°28′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 18°11′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 25°30′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°11′ | Retrograde |
Brian Josephson 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 Brian Josephson 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.