Scientist

Henry Cavendish

Weighed the Earth in a shed with lead balls and a torsion balance, and was so painfully shy that he communicated with his housekeeper by note.

Born1731-10-10, Nice, FranceA Wednesday
Died1810-02-24, London, EnglandA Saturday, aged 78
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Aquarius

Birth Chart

1731-10-10, Nice, 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
SunLibra16°39′Direct
MoonAquarius9°25′Direct
MercuryScorpio1°20′Retrograde
VenusLibra10°15′Direct
MarsVirgo8°09′Direct
JupiterVirgo26°02′Direct
SaturnPisces29°15′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius3°16′Direct
NeptuneGemini17°22′Retrograde
PlutoLibra15°24′Direct

This is Henry Cavendish's chart for 1731-10-10, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1810-02-24, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunPisces5°16′Direct
MoonScorpio5°11′Direct
MercuryAquarius19°40′Retrograde
VenusPisces0°33′Direct
MarsAries3°49′Direct
JupiterAries23°32′Direct
SaturnSagittarius14°36′Direct
UranusScorpio14°15′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius8°58′Direct
PlutoPisces15°06′Direct

This is Henry Cavendish's chart for 1810-02-24, 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 Henry Cavendish 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.