Astronomer

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin

Worked out that stars are made mostly of hydrogen, in a doctoral thesis she was pressured into calling unreliable. It was correct, and is now called the most brilliant thesis in astronomy.

Born1900-05-10, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, EnglandA Thursday
Died1979-12-07, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAA Friday, aged 79
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1900-05-10, Wendover, Buckinghamshire, 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
SunTaurus19°21′Direct
MoonLibra2°24′Direct
MercuryAries29°08′Direct
VenusCancer4°19′Direct
MarsAries24°49′Direct
JupiterSagittarius8°07′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn4°29′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius11°21′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini25°20′Direct
PlutoGemini15°33′Direct

This is Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's chart for 1900-05-10, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1979-12-07, Cambridge, 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
SunSagittarius14°59′Direct
MoonLeo2°30′Direct
MercuryScorpio24°24′Direct
VenusCapricorn11°19′Direct
MarsVirgo7°17′Direct
JupiterVirgo9°40′Direct
SaturnVirgo26°11′Direct
UranusScorpio22°44′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius20°00′Direct
PlutoLibra21°06′Direct

This is Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin's chart for 1979-12-07, 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 Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin 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.