Astronomer

Clyde Tombaugh

A Kansas farm boy with a homemade telescope who found Pluto at twenty-four by comparing photographic plates. Some of his ashes are aboard the New Horizons probe.

Born1906-02-04, Streator, Illinois, USAA Sunday
Died1997-01-17, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USAA Friday, aged 90
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1906-02-04, Streator, Illinois, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunAquarius15°02′Direct
MoonGemini20°32′Direct
MercuryAquarius3°35′Direct
VenusAquarius12°42′Direct
MarsPisces29°49′Direct
JupiterTaurus26°48′Direct
SaturnPisces2°59′Direct
UranusCapricorn6°38′Direct
NeptuneCancer8°05′Retrograde
PlutoGemini20°52′Retrograde

This is Clyde Tombaugh's chart for 1906-02-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1997-01-17, Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Denverthe 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
SunCapricorn27°43′Direct
MoonTaurus21°30′Direct
MercuryCapricorn4°29′Direct
VenusCapricorn9°28′Direct
MarsLibra3°49′Direct
JupiterCapricorn29°05′Direct
SaturnAries2°23′Direct
UranusAquarius4°13′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn27°27′Direct
PlutoSagittarius4°53′Direct

This is Clyde Tombaugh's chart for 1997-01-17, 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 Clyde Tombaugh 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.