Mathematician & inventor

Charles Babbage

Designed the Analytical Engine, a programmable mechanical computer, a century before one was built. He never finished it and fell out with his engineer.

Born1791-12-26, London, EnglandA Monday
Died1871-10-18, London, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 79
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1791-12-26, 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
SunCapricorn4°46′Direct
MoonCapricorn22°02′Direct
MercuryCapricorn22°21′Direct
VenusScorpio17°57′Direct
MarsVirgo26°45′Direct
JupiterLibra27°41′Direct
SaturnAries12°10′Direct
UranusLeo18°31′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra29°29′Direct
PlutoAquarius20°24′Direct

This is Charles Babbage's chart for 1791-12-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1871-10-18, 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
SunLibra24°40′Direct
MoonSagittarius21°43′Direct
MercuryLibra14°31′Direct
VenusVirgo24°51′Direct
MarsSagittarius15°09′Direct
JupiterCancer28°32′Direct
SaturnCapricorn4°36′Direct
UranusLeo1°03′Direct
NeptuneAries22°36′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus19°19′Retrograde

This is Charles Babbage's chart for 1871-10-18, 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 Charles Babbage 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.