Landscape architect

Capability Brown

Reshaped about 250 English estates into landscapes so convincing that people mistake them for natural countryside. The nickname came from telling clients their land had capabilities.

Born1716-08-30, Kirkharle, Northumberland, EnglandA Sunday
Died1783-02-06, London, EnglandA Thursday, aged 66
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1716-08-30, Kirkharle, Northumberland, England · 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
SunVirgo7°06′Direct
MoonAquarius8°19′Direct
MercuryLeo28°18′Direct
VenusVirgo5°01′Retrograde
MarsLeo17°32′Direct
JupiterGemini27°36′Direct
SaturnLibra6°07′Direct
UranusVirgo25°13′Direct
NeptuneTaurus13°43′Retrograde
PlutoVirgo10°08′Direct

This is Capability Brown's chart for 1716-08-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1783-02-06, London, England · 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
SunAquarius17°40′Direct
MoonAries16°57′Direct
MercuryPisces4°24′Direct
VenusAquarius25°30′Direct
MarsSagittarius20°04′Direct
JupiterCapricorn18°52′Direct
SaturnCapricorn8°26′Direct
UranusCancer3°46′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra10°02′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius8°17′Direct

This is Capability Brown's chart for 1783-02-06, 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 Capability Brown 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.