Astronomer

Caroline Herschel

Discovered eight comets and became the first woman paid a salary for scientific work in Britain. She catalogued the sky alongside her brother William for fifty years.

Born1750-03-16, Hanover, GermanyA Monday
Died1848-01-09, Hanover, GermanyA Sunday, aged 97
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Cancer

Birth Chart

1750-03-16, Hanover, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunPisces25°46′Direct
MoonCancer13°03′Direct
MercuryPisces2°11′Direct
VenusAries16°50′Retrograde
MarsTaurus13°18′Direct
JupiterAries7°44′Direct
SaturnSagittarius2°04′Retrograde
UranusAquarius23°18′Direct
NeptuneCancer24°57′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius4°17′Retrograde

This is Caroline Herschel's chart for 1750-03-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1848-01-09, Hanover, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunCapricorn18°23′Direct
MoonAquarius25°55′Direct
MercuryCapricorn6°23′Direct
VenusSagittarius3°20′Direct
MarsTaurus8°29′Direct
JupiterCancer15°08′Retrograde
SaturnPisces9°10′Direct
UranusAries14°24′Direct
NeptuneAquarius28°35′Direct
PlutoAries24°56′Direct

This is Caroline Herschel's chart for 1848-01-09, 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 Caroline Herschel 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.