Writer & naturalist

Henry David Thoreau

Lived two years in a cabin at Walden Pond and wrote a book about it that founded a genre. Civil Disobedience was read closely by Gandhi and by King.

Born1817-07-12, Concord, Massachusetts, USAA Saturday
Died1862-05-06, Concord, Massachusetts, USAA Tuesday, aged 44
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1817-07-12, Concord, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunCancer19°52′Direct
MoonGemini29°32′Direct
MercuryCancer0°26′Direct
VenusGemini5°48′Direct
MarsTaurus5°43′Direct
JupiterSagittarius1°20′Retrograde
SaturnPisces5°28′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius12°23′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius22°12′Retrograde
PlutoPisces25°16′Retrograde

This is Henry David Thoreau's chart for 1817-07-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1862-05-06, Concord, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunTaurus15°52′Direct
MoonLeo10°46′Direct
MercuryTaurus16°02′Direct
VenusPisces29°48′Direct
MarsAquarius22°09′Direct
JupiterVirgo17°35′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo15°58′Retrograde
UranusGemini14°38′Direct
NeptuneAries2°54′Direct
PlutoTaurus10°02′Direct

This is Henry David Thoreau's chart for 1862-05-06, 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 David Thoreau 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
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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.