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.

Born1928-05-19, London, EnglandA Saturday
Died1982-12-16, Norwich, EnglandA Thursday, aged 54
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1928-05-19, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunTaurus28°12′Direct
MoonTaurus26°52′Direct
MercuryGemini15°29′Direct
VenusTaurus16°30′Direct
MarsAries1°56′Direct
JupiterAries26°37′Direct
SaturnSagittarius17°09′Retrograde
UranusAries6°14′Direct
NeptuneLeo26°25′Direct
PlutoCancer15°29′Direct

This is Colin Chapman's chart for 1928-05-19, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1982-12-16, Norwich, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunSagittarius24°12′Direct
MoonCapricorn6°18′Direct
MercuryCapricorn8°43′Direct
VenusCapricorn4°35′Direct
MarsAquarius4°51′Direct
JupiterScorpio28°01′Direct
SaturnScorpio1°40′Direct
UranusSagittarius6°02′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius26°39′Direct
PlutoLibra28°53′Direct

This is Colin Chapman's chart for 1982-12-16, 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 Colin Chapman 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.