Astronomer and physicist

Galileo Galilei

Turned a telescope on Jupiter and found four moons going round something that was not the Earth. Spent the last nine years of his life under house arrest for saying so.

Born1564-02-15, Pisa, ItalyA Saturday
Died1642-01-08, Arcetri, ItalyA Wednesday, aged 77
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Scorpio
TimezoneEurope/RomeHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1564-02-15, Pisa, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Rome

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAquarius25°52′Direct
MoonScorpio25°11′Direct
MercuryAquarius23°46′Direct
VenusPisces7°55′Direct
MarsTaurus23°36′Direct
JupiterLeo0°23′Retrograde
SaturnCancer28°03′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius7°37′Direct
NeptuneGemini5°05′Direct
PlutoPisces13°35′Direct

Death Chart

1642-01-08, Arcetri, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Rome

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn18°24′Direct
MoonAries24°31′Direct
MercurySagittarius27°20′Direct
VenusSagittarius20°25′Direct
MarsSagittarius7°39′Direct
JupiterAquarius16°11′Direct
SaturnPisces8°52′Direct
UranusScorpio11°25′Direct
NeptuneScorpio28°59′Direct
PlutoGemini1°33′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Galileo Galilei 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.