Physicist

Henri Becquerel

Discovered radioactivity by accident when photographic plates left in a drawer with uranium salts fogged without any sunlight.

Born1852-12-15, Paris, FranceA Wednesday
Died1908-08-25, Le Croisic, FranceA Tuesday, aged 55
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1852-12-15, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunSagittarius23°44′Direct
MoonAquarius20°25′Direct
MercuryCapricorn5°11′Retrograde
VenusScorpio17°59′Direct
MarsCapricorn3°59′Direct
JupiterSagittarius8°18′Direct
SaturnTaurus11°43′Retrograde
UranusTaurus4°48′Retrograde
NeptunePisces8°53′Direct
PlutoAries29°57′Retrograde

This is Henri Becquerel's chart for 1852-12-15, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1908-08-25, Le Croisic, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunVirgo1°50′Direct
MoonLeo15°56′Direct
MercuryVirgo6°38′Direct
VenusCancer17°49′Direct
MarsVirgo0°46′Direct
JupiterLeo26°08′Direct
SaturnAries9°14′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn13°15′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer16°16′Direct
PlutoGemini25°39′Direct

This is Henri Becquerel's chart for 1908-08-25, 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 Henri Becquerel 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.