Physicist
Henri Becquerel
Discovered radioactivity by accident when photographic plates left in a drawer with uranium salts fogged without any sunlight.
Antoine Henri Becquerel was a French experimental physicist who shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with Marie and Pierre Curie for his discovery of radioactivity.
- Born
- 1852-12-15, Paris, FranceA Wednesday
- Died
- 1908-08-25, Le Croisic, FranceA Tuesday, aged 55
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aquarius
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1852-12-15, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 23°44′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aquarius | 20°25′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 5°11′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio | 17°59′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 3°59′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 8°18′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 11°43′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 4°48′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 8°53′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aries | 29°57′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1908-08-25, Le Croisic, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 1°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 15°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 6°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 17°49′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 0°46′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 26°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 9°14′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 13°15′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 16°16′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 25°39′ | Direct |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.