Astronomer

Edward Charles Pickering

Ran Harvard's observatory and employed the women who classified the stars.

Born
1846-07-19, Boston, USAA Sunday
Died
1919-02-03, Cambridge, USAA Monday, aged 72
At birth
Sun in Cancer, Moon in Gemini
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1846-07-19, Boston, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer26°33′Direct
MoonGemini15°57′Direct
MercuryLeo21°51′Direct
VenusGemini19°59′Direct
MarsLeo13°46′Direct
JupiterGemini8°09′Direct
SaturnAquarius29°40′Retrograde
UranusAries14°14′Direct
NeptuneAquarius27°34′Retrograde
PlutoAries25°56′Direct

This is Edward Charles Pickering's chart for 1846-07-19, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1919-02-03, Cambridge, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112☿☉♅♀♂☽♇℞♃℞♆℞♄℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius13°49′Direct
MoonPisces19°49′Direct
MercuryCapricorn29°50′Direct
VenusPisces0°55′Direct
MarsPisces5°42′Direct
JupiterCancer6°56′Retrograde
SaturnLeo25°42′Retrograde
UranusAquarius26°54′Direct
NeptuneLeo7°46′Retrograde
PlutoCancer4°54′Retrograde

This is Edward Charles Pickering's chart for 1919-02-03, 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 Edward Charles Pickering 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.

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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.