Engineer

George Stephenson

Built the first public inter-city railway and set the track gauge that most of the world still uses. He was illiterate until he was eighteen.

Born1781-06-09, Wylam, Northumberland, EnglandA Saturday
Died1848-08-12, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, EnglandA Saturday, aged 67
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1781-06-09, Wylam, Northumberland, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunGemini18°52′Direct
MoonCapricorn28°43′Direct
MercuryGemini21°57′Direct
VenusGemini20°46′Direct
MarsCapricorn25°49′Direct
JupiterScorpio19°20′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius16°25′Retrograde
UranusGemini28°01′Direct
NeptuneLibra3°05′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius6°34′Retrograde

This is George Stephenson's chart for 1781-06-09, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1848-08-12, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLeo19°49′Direct
MoonCapricorn20°46′Direct
MercuryLeo1°48′Direct
VenusLeo25°30′Direct
MarsVirgo11°06′Direct
JupiterLeo6°00′Direct
SaturnPisces24°12′Retrograde
UranusAries22°09′Retrograde
NeptunePisces1°31′Retrograde
PlutoAries27°52′Retrograde

This is George Stephenson's chart for 1848-08-12, 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 Stephenson 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
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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.