Mathematician & engineer

Claude Shannon

Founded information theory in a single 1948 paper and gave the world the bit. He also built a juggling machine and rode a unicycle down the corridors at Bell Labs.

Born1916-04-30, Petoskey, Michigan, USAA Sunday
Died2001-02-24, Medford, Massachusetts, USAA Saturday, aged 84
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1916-04-30, Petoskey, Michigan, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Detroitthe 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
SunTaurus9°59′Direct
MoonAries22°03′Direct
MercuryTaurus26°38′Direct
VenusGemini25°23′Direct
MarsLeo18°17′Direct
JupiterAries18°28′Direct
SaturnCancer11°44′Direct
UranusAquarius19°27′Direct
NeptuneCancer29°58′Direct
PlutoCancer1°37′Direct

This is Claude Shannon's chart for 1916-04-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2001-02-24, Medford, 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
SunPisces6°09′Direct
MoonPisces21°11′Direct
MercuryAquarius15°27′Retrograde
VenusAries14°52′Direct
MarsSagittarius5°04′Direct
JupiterGemini2°42′Direct
SaturnTaurus24°55′Direct
UranusAquarius21°41′Direct
NeptuneAquarius7°20′Direct
PlutoSagittarius15°08′Direct

This is Claude Shannon's chart for 2001-02-24, 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 Claude Shannon 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.