Mathematician

Dorothy Vaughan

Ran NASA's segregated West Area computing unit, then taught herself and her staff Fortran so they would still have jobs when the machines arrived.

Born1910-09-20, Kansas City, Missouri, USAA Tuesday
Died2008-11-10, Hampton, Virginia, USAA Monday, aged 98
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1910-09-20, Kansas City, Missouri, 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
SunVirgo26°52′Direct
MoonAries18°02′Direct
MercuryLibra8°03′Retrograde
VenusVirgo9°51′Direct
MarsVirgo29°11′Direct
JupiterLibra18°49′Direct
SaturnTaurus5°42′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn21°19′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer21°14′Direct
PlutoGemini27°56′Direct

This is Dorothy Vaughan's chart for 1910-09-20, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2008-11-10, Hampton, Virginia, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunScorpio18°40′Direct
MoonAries13°41′Direct
MercuryScorpio9°48′Direct
VenusSagittarius27°40′Direct
MarsScorpio25°58′Direct
JupiterCapricorn18°23′Direct
SaturnVirgo19°29′Direct
UranusPisces18°51′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius21°29′Direct
PlutoSagittarius29°28′Direct

This is Dorothy Vaughan's chart for 2008-11-10, 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 Dorothy Vaughan 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.