Physicist
Edward Witten
String theory, and the only physicist ever awarded the Fields Medal.
Edward Witten is an American theoretical physicist known for his contributions to string theory, topological quantum field theory, general relativity and various areas of mathematics. He is a professor emeritus in the school of natural sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Witten is a researcher in string theory, quantum gravity, supersymmetric quantum field theories, and other areas of mathematical physics. Witten's work has also significantly impacted pure mathematics. In 1990, he became the first physicist to be awarded a Fields Medal by the International Mathematical Union, for his mathematical insights in physics, such as his 1981 proof of the positive energy theorem in general relativity, and his interpretation of the Jones invariants of knots as Feynman integrals. He is considered the practical founder of M-theory.
- Born
- 1951-08-26, Baltimore, USAA Sunday
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1951-08-26, Baltimore, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 2°36′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 27°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 11°19′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 14°53′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Leo | 5°16′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 13°21′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 1°24′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 12°42′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 17°38′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 19°54′ | Direct |
Edward Witten is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Edward Witten 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.