Microbiologist

Hamilton Smith

American microbiologist and Nobel laureate.

Born
1931-08-23, New York City, USAA Sunday
Died
2025-10-25, Ellicott City, USAA Saturday, aged 94
At birth
Sun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1931-08-23, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo29°33′Direct
MoonCapricorn8°36′Direct
MercuryVirgo19°36′Retrograde
VenusLeo25°19′Direct
MarsLibra13°47′Direct
JupiterLeo8°13′Direct
SaturnCapricorn17°19′Retrograde
UranusAries19°03′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo5°17′Direct
PlutoCancer21°26′Direct

This is Hamilton Smith's chart for 1931-08-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2025-10-25, Ellicott City, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♃♀☉♂☿☽♇♄℞♆℞♅℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio2°29′Direct
MoonSagittarius17°37′Direct
MercuryScorpio25°50′Direct
VenusLibra14°39′Direct
MarsScorpio22°58′Direct
JupiterCancer24°40′Direct
SaturnPisces26°06′Retrograde
UranusGemini0°30′Retrograde
NeptunePisces29°55′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius1°23′Direct

This is Hamilton Smith's chart for 2025-10-25, 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 Hamilton Smith 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.

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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.