Physicist

Ernest Rutherford

Discovered the atomic nucleus by firing alpha particles at gold foil and finding some came straight back. He won his Nobel Prize in chemistry, which he considered a joke.

Born1871-08-30, Brightwater, New ZealandA Wednesday
Died1937-10-19, Cambridge, EnglandA Tuesday, aged 66
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1871-08-30, Brightwater, New Zealand · time unknown, noon chart

Pacific/Aucklandthe 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
SunVirgo6°10′Direct
MoonPisces3°00′Direct
MercuryLibra1°37′Direct
VenusLibra10°02′Direct
MarsScorpio10°56′Direct
JupiterCancer21°18′Direct
SaturnCapricorn3°19′Retrograde
UranusCancer29°14′Direct
NeptuneAries23°47′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus19°51′Retrograde

This is Ernest Rutherford's chart for 1871-08-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1937-10-19, Cambridge, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLibra25°41′Direct
MoonAries20°06′Direct
MercuryLibra18°53′Direct
VenusVirgo29°45′Direct
MarsCapricorn13°09′Direct
JupiterCapricorn19°26′Direct
SaturnPisces29°54′Retrograde
UranusTaurus12°19′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo20°01′Direct
PlutoLeo0°05′Direct

This is Ernest Rutherford's chart for 1937-10-19, 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 Ernest Rutherford 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.