Physicist

George Gamow

Predicted the cosmic microwave background, worked out how stars fuse elements, and wrote popular science books that a generation of physicists say started them.

Born1904-03-04, Odessa, UkraineA Friday
Died1968-08-19, Boulder, Colorado, USAA Monday, aged 64
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1904-03-04, Odessa, Ukraine · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Kievthe 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
SunPisces13°25′Direct
MoonLibra15°24′Direct
MercuryAquarius25°17′Direct
VenusAquarius11°19′Direct
MarsAries4°49′Direct
JupiterAries0°46′Direct
SaturnAquarius15°23′Direct
UranusSagittarius29°32′Direct
NeptuneCancer3°10′Retrograde
PlutoGemini18°40′Direct

This is George Gamow's chart for 1904-03-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1968-08-19, Boulder, Colorado, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Denverthe 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
SunLeo26°47′Direct
MoonCancer6°56′Direct
MercuryVirgo8°41′Direct
VenusVirgo13°20′Direct
MarsLeo9°02′Direct
JupiterVirgo12°01′Direct
SaturnAries25°24′Retrograde
UranusVirgo27°33′Direct
NeptuneScorpio23°49′Direct
PlutoVirgo21°42′Direct

This is George Gamow's chart for 1968-08-19, 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 George Gamow 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.