Teacher & astronaut

Christa McAuliffe

A high school teacher selected from eleven thousand applicants to be the first teacher in space. She died with six others when Challenger broke up seventy-three seconds after launch.

Born1948-09-02, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Thursday
Died1986-01-28, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USAA Tuesday, aged 37
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1948-09-02, Boston, 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
SunVirgo10°03′Direct
MoonLeo28°30′Direct
MercuryVirgo28°27′Direct
VenusCancer24°12′Direct
MarsLibra29°23′Direct
JupiterSagittarius19°34′Direct
SaturnLeo27°58′Direct
UranusCancer0°05′Direct
NeptuneLibra11°32′Direct
PlutoLeo15°20′Direct

This is Christa McAuliffe's chart for 1948-09-02, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1986-01-28, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 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
SunAquarius8°28′Direct
MoonVirgo11°14′Direct
MercuryAquarius6°09′Direct
VenusAquarius10°38′Direct
MarsScorpio27°17′Direct
JupiterAquarius24°30′Direct
SaturnSagittarius7°42′Direct
UranusSagittarius20°57′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn4°34′Direct
PlutoScorpio7°19′Direct

This is Christa McAuliffe's chart for 1986-01-28, 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 Christa McAuliffe 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.