Anthropologist

Franz Boas

Dismantled scientific racism from inside anthropology, showing that head shape changed within a generation of migration. He trained most of the next generation, including Mead and Hurston.

Born1858-07-09, Minden, GermanyA Friday
Died1942-12-21, New York, New York, USAA Monday, aged 84
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1858-07-09, Minden, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunCancer16°52′Direct
MoonGemini26°30′Direct
MercuryCancer17°41′Direct
VenusLeo20°01′Direct
MarsScorpio17°35′Direct
JupiterGemini10°05′Direct
SaturnCancer29°55′Direct
UranusGemini1°58′Direct
NeptunePisces24°53′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus7°26′Direct

This is Franz Boas's chart for 1858-07-09, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1942-12-21, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunSagittarius29°09′Direct
MoonGemini18°41′Direct
MercuryCapricorn10°38′Direct
VenusCapricorn7°42′Direct
MarsSagittarius4°10′Direct
JupiterCancer22°50′Retrograde
SaturnGemini7°28′Retrograde
UranusGemini1°31′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra2°00′Direct
PlutoLeo6°51′Retrograde

This is Franz Boas's chart for 1942-12-21, 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 Franz Boas 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.