Engineer & team founder
Colin Chapman
Founded Lotus and applied one principle relentlessly: add lightness. His cars won seven constructors' championships and were sometimes dangerously fragile.
Anthony Colin Bruce Chapman was an English design engineer, inventor, and builder in the automotive industry, and founder of the sports car company Lotus Cars.
- Born
- 1928-05-19, London, EnglandA Saturday
- Died
- 1982-12-16, Norwich, EnglandA Thursday, aged 54
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1928-05-19, London, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 28°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 26°52′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 15°29′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 16°30′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 1°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 26°37′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 17°09′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 6°14′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Leo | 26°25′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 15°29′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1982-12-16, Norwich, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 24°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 6°18′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 8°43′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 4°35′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aquarius | 4°51′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 28°01′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 1°40′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 6°02′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 26°39′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 28°53′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Colin Chapman 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.