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.
Claude Elwood Shannon was an American polymath who was a mathematician, electrical engineer, computer scientist, cryptographer, and inventor known as the "father of information theory", and the man who laid the foundations of the Information Age.
- Born
- 1916-04-30, Petoskey, Michigan, USAA Sunday
- Died
- 2001-02-24, Medford, Massachusetts, USAA Saturday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1916-04-30, Petoskey, Michigan, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Detroitthe zone used then
America/DetroitThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 9°59′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 22°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 26°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 25°23′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 18°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 18°28′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 11°44′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 19°27′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 29°58′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 1°37′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2001-02-24, Medford, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 6°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 21°11′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 15°27′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 14°52′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 5°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 2°42′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 24°55′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 21°41′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 7°20′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 15°08′ | Direct |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.