Physicist

Edward Mills Purcell

Nuclear magnetic resonance, and the twenty one centimetre hydrogen line.

Born
1912-08-30, Taylorville, USAA Friday
Died
1997-03-07, Cambridge, USAA Friday, aged 84
At birth
Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aries
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1912-08-30, Taylorville, 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

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
SunVirgo6°57′Direct
MoonAries9°31′Direct
MercuryLeo23°43′Retrograde
VenusVirgo22°14′Direct
MarsVirgo28°05′Direct
JupiterSagittarius6°44′Direct
SaturnGemini3°51′Direct
UranusAquarius0°08′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer25°04′Direct
PlutoGemini29°53′Direct

This is Edward Mills Purcell's chart for 1912-08-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1997-03-07, 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
SunPisces17°09′Direct
MoonAquarius28°08′Direct
MercuryPisces13°36′Direct
VenusPisces10°39′Direct
MarsLibra0°23′Retrograde
JupiterAquarius10°14′Direct
SaturnAries7°22′Direct
UranusAquarius6°56′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn29°08′Direct
PlutoSagittarius5°36′Direct

This is Edward Mills Purcell's chart for 1997-03-07, 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 Mills Purcell 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.