Geneticist & physician
Francis Collins
Led the public Human Genome Project and later the National Institutes of Health. Born in Staunton, Virginia, and home schooled on a farm.
Francis Sellers Collins is an American physician-scientist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led the Human Genome Project. He served as director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, from 17 August 2009 to 19 December 2021, serving under three presidents. Collins announced his retirement publicly from the NIH on March 1, 2025, after 32 years of service.
- Born
- 1950-04-14, Staunton, Virginia, USAA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1950-04-14, Staunton, Virginia, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 24°10′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 25°12′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Taurus | 11°20′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 7°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 24°20′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 29°52′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 13°22′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 1°30′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 15°45′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 15°48′ | Retrograde |
Francis Collins 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 Francis Collins 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.