Landscape architect
Frederick Law Olmsted
Designed Central Park and about a hundred other public parks, and effectively invented landscape architecture as a profession in America.
Frederick Law Olmsted was an American landscape architect, journalist, social critic, and public administrator. He is considered to be the father of landscape architecture in the United States. Olmsted was famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his partner Calvert Vaux, beginning with Central Park in New York City, which led to numerous other urban park designs including Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Cadwalader Park in Trenton, New Jersey, and Forest Park in Portland, Oregon.
- Born
- 1822-04-26, Hartford, Connecticut, USAA Friday
- Died
- 1903-08-28, Belmont, Massachusetts, USAA Friday, aged 81
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1822-04-26, Hartford, Connecticut, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 5°51′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 15°37′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 17°09′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 22°15′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 23°44′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 11°22′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 0°34′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 7°17′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 5°09′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Aries | 0°13′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1903-08-28, Belmont, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 4°11′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 20°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 29°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 1°42′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Scorpio | 13°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 20°11′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 3°58′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 21°38′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 5°27′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 20°36′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Frederick Law Olmsted 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.