Astronomer

Forest Ray Moulton

The planetesimal hypothesis of how the solar system formed.

Born
1872-04-29, Le Roy, USAA Monday
Died
1952-12-07, Wilmette, USAA Sunday, aged 80
At birth
Sun in Taurus, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1872-04-29, Le Roy, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Detroitthe 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
SunTaurus9°39′Direct
MoonAquarius1°31′Direct
MercuryTaurus1°50′Retrograde
VenusAries18°56′Direct
MarsTaurus14°04′Direct
JupiterCancer22°52′Direct
SaturnCapricorn21°16′Direct
UranusCancer27°23′Direct
NeptuneAries24°21′Direct
PlutoTaurus19°07′Direct

This is Forest Ray Moulton's chart for 1872-04-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1952-12-07, Wilmette, 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.

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
SunSagittarius15°35′Direct
MoonLeo26°05′Direct
MercurySagittarius0°44′Retrograde
VenusCapricorn26°23′Direct
MarsAquarius12°10′Direct
JupiterTaurus12°21′Retrograde
SaturnLibra24°23′Direct
UranusCancer17°42′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra23°14′Direct
PlutoLeo23°13′Retrograde

This is Forest Ray Moulton's chart for 1952-12-07, 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 Forest Ray Moulton 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.