Inventor & industrialist
George Eastman
Put photography in ordinary hands with roll film and the Kodak camera, and gave away most of his fortune. His suicide note read: my work is done, why wait?
George Eastman was an American innovator and entrepreneur who founded the Eastman Kodak Company and helped to bring the photographic use of roll film into the mainstream. After a decade of experiments in photography, he patented and sold a roll film camera, making amateur photography accessible to the general public for the first time. Working as the treasurer and later president of Kodak, he oversaw the expansion of the company and the film industry.
- Born
- 1854-07-12, Waterville, New York, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 1932-03-14, Rochester, New York, USAA Monday, aged 77
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1854-07-12, Waterville, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 19°56′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 24°29′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Leo | 13°17′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 12°22′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 1°56′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 22°58′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 11°01′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 16°00′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 15°48′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Taurus | 3°38′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1932-03-14, Rochester, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 23°54′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 14°36′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 8°54′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 6°27′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 14°40′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 13°34′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 1°53′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 17°53′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 6°08′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 20°01′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment George Eastman 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.
