Designer & theorist

Buckminster Fuller

Popularised the geodesic dome, coined Spaceship Earth, and kept a diary documenting his life every fifteen minutes for over sixty years.

Born1895-07-12, Milton, Massachusetts, USAA Friday
Died1983-07-01, Los Angeles, California, USAA Friday, aged 87
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1895-07-12, Milton, 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
SunCancer20°02′Direct
MoonPisces23°06′Direct
MercuryCancer5°10′Retrograde
VenusVirgo5°32′Direct
MarsLeo19°45′Direct
JupiterCancer18°27′Direct
SaturnScorpio0°36′Direct
UranusScorpio15°55′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini16°47′Direct
PlutoGemini12°07′Direct

This is Buckminster Fuller's chart for 1895-07-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1983-07-01, Los Angeles, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunCancer9°22′Direct
MoonPisces19°59′Direct
MercuryGemini29°58′Direct
VenusLeo23°42′Direct
MarsCancer1°41′Direct
JupiterSagittarius2°11′Retrograde
SaturnLibra27°43′Direct
UranusSagittarius5°49′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius27°32′Retrograde
PlutoLibra26°43′Retrograde

This is Buckminster Fuller's chart for 1983-07-01, 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 Buckminster Fuller 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.