Astronomer

Harlow Shapley

Worked out the size of the Milky Way and that the sun is nowhere near its centre, which was as large a demotion as anything since Copernicus.

Born1885-11-02, Nashville, Missouri, USAA Monday
Died1972-10-20, Boulder, Colorado, USAA Friday, aged 86
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1885-11-02, Nashville, Missouri, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunScorpio10°30′Direct
MoonVirgo19°22′Direct
MercuryScorpio21°02′Direct
VenusSagittarius24°36′Direct
MarsLeo26°57′Direct
JupiterVirgo27°40′Direct
SaturnCancer8°14′Retrograde
UranusLibra5°35′Direct
NeptuneTaurus24°33′Retrograde
PlutoGemini2°31′Retrograde

This is Harlow Shapley's chart for 1885-11-02, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1972-10-20, 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
SunLibra27°26′Direct
MoonAries2°12′Direct
MercuryScorpio16°41′Direct
VenusVirgo17°54′Direct
MarsLibra12°49′Direct
JupiterCapricorn3°06′Direct
SaturnGemini20°17′Retrograde
UranusLibra19°15′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius3°38′Direct
PlutoLibra2°51′Direct

This is Harlow Shapley's chart for 1972-10-20, 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 Harlow Shapley 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.