Physicist

Hans Christian Orsted

Noticed a compass needle move next to a wire during a lecture in 1820 and thereby found the link between electricity and magnetism.

Born1777-08-14, Rudkobing, DenmarkA Thursday
Died1851-03-09, Copenhagen, DenmarkA Sunday, aged 73
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1777-08-14, Rudkobing, Denmark · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Copenhagenthe 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
SunLeo21°51′Direct
MoonSagittarius26°19′Direct
MercuryLeo26°40′Direct
VenusCancer6°10′Direct
MarsScorpio7°02′Direct
JupiterLeo9°57′Direct
SaturnLibra28°21′Direct
UranusGemini14°44′Direct
NeptuneVirgo25°34′Direct
PlutoCapricorn28°23′Retrograde

This is Hans Christian Orsted's chart for 1777-08-14, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1851-03-09, Copenhagen, Denmark · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Copenhagenthe 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
SunPisces18°19′Direct
MoonGemini0°44′Direct
MercuryAquarius29°00′Direct
VenusAquarius2°01′Direct
MarsAquarius23°01′Direct
JupiterLibra21°34′Retrograde
SaturnAries19°33′Direct
UranusAries27°59′Direct
NeptunePisces7°09′Direct
PlutoAries28°25′Direct

This is Hans Christian Orsted's chart for 1851-03-09, 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 Hans Christian Orsted 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.