Primatologist
Dian Fossey
Studied mountain gorillas in Rwanda for eighteen years and fought poachers directly. She was murdered in her cabin in 1985 and the case was never solved.
Dian Fossey was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her murder in 1985. She studied them daily in the mountain forests of Rwanda, initially encouraged to work there by paleoanthropologist Louis Leakey. Gorillas in the Mist, a book published two years before her death, is Fossey's account of her scientific study of the gorillas at the Karisoke Research Center and her prior career. It is one of the sources for a 1988 film of the same name.
- Born
- 1932-01-16, San Francisco, California, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 1985-12-26, Ruhengeri, RwandaA Thursday, aged 53
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1932-01-16, San Francisco, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
America/Los_AngelesThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 25°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 5°54′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 2°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aquarius | 27°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 29°04′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 20°22′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 25°37′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 15°39′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 7°37′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°58′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1985-12-26, Ruhengeri, Rwanda · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Kigalithe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 4°34′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 24°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 15°03′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 28°46′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 7°09′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 17°04′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 4°33′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 19°10′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 3°22′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 6°46′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Dian Fossey 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.