Engineer
Charles Simonyi
Wrote Word and Excel, then flew to the space station twice.
Charles Simonyi is a Hungarian-American software architect, businessman, and space tourist. He led the development of Microsoft's first application software, including early versions of Microsoft Office, and later co-founded Intentional Software, a company focused on his concept of intentional programming. A former researcher at Xerox PARC, he helped pioneer graphical user interfaces and introduced object-oriented programming and Hungarian notation to Microsoft. Simonyi flew to space twice as a private citizen, becoming the fifth space tourist and the only one to pay for two separate trips to the International Space Station. As of January 2025, his net worth was estimated at US$7.5 billion.
- Born
- 1948-09-10, Budapest, HungaryA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1948-09-10, Budapest, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Budapestthe zone used then
Europe/BudapestThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 17°35′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 19°01′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 10°00′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 1°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 4°31′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 20°04′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 28°56′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 0°17′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 11°47′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 15°33′ | Direct |
Charles Simonyi is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Charles Simonyi was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.