Architect

Geoffrey Bawa

Sri Lankan founder of tropical modernism, who came to architecture at thirty eight after training as a barrister.

Born1919-07-23, British Ceylon, United KingdomA Wednesday
Died2003-05-27, Colombo, Sri LankaA Tuesday, aged 83
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Gemini
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1919-07-23, British Ceylon, United Kingdom · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Colombothe 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
SunCancer29°21′Direct
MoonGemini6°41′Direct
MercuryLeo25°32′Direct
VenusVirgo13°21′Direct
MarsCancer9°44′Direct
JupiterCancer27°45′Direct
SaturnLeo27°31′Direct
UranusPisces0°53′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo8°40′Direct
PlutoCancer6°44′Direct

This is Geoffrey Bawa's chart for 1919-07-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2003-05-27, Colombo, Sri Lanka · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Colombothe 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
SunGemini5°33′Direct
MoonAries22°50′Direct
MercuryTaurus12°55′Direct
VenusTaurus13°06′Direct
MarsAquarius20°02′Direct
JupiterLeo12°05′Direct
SaturnGemini29°01′Direct
UranusPisces2°46′Direct
NeptuneAquarius13°09′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius18°57′Retrograde

This is Geoffrey Bawa's chart for 2003-05-27, 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 Geoffrey Bawa 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.