Mathematician
Évariste Galois
Founded group theory as a teenager and died in a duel at twenty. The night before, he wrote out his results in a letter that mathematicians spent decades unpacking.
Évariste Galois was a French mathematician and political activist. While still in his teens, he was able to determine a necessary and sufficient condition for a polynomial to be solvable by radicals, thereby solving a problem that had been open for 350 years. His work laid the foundations for Galois theory and group theory, two major branches of abstract algebra.
- Born
- 1811-10-25, Bourg-la-Reine, FranceA Friday
- Died
- 1832-05-31, Paris, FranceA Thursday, aged 20
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1811-10-25, Bourg-la-Reine, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 1°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 6°59′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 16°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 4°36′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 19°27′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 6°16′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 22°53′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 18°03′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 9°31′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Pisces | 16°24′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1832-05-31, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 9°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 0°58′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 15°54′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 24°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 27°49′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 25°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 8°35′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 18°30′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 26°55′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries | 11°25′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Évariste Galois 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.