Economist & cognitive scientist
Herbert Simon
Won the Nobel Prize in economics for bounded rationality, and was a founder of artificial intelligence.
Herbert Alexander Simon was an American scholar whose work influenced the fields of computer science, economics, and cognitive psychology. His primary research interest was decision-making within organizations and he is best known for the theories of "bounded rationality" and "satisficing". He and Allen Newell received the ACM Turing Award in 1975, and he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1978.
- Born
- 1916-06-15, Milwaukee, USAA Thursday
- Died
- 2001-02-09, Pittsburgh, USAA Friday, aged 84
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1916-06-15, Milwaukee, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 24°15′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 22°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 10°54′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Cancer | 19°29′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Virgo | 8°57′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 28°12′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 16°38′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 19°30′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 0°59′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 2°35′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2001-02-09, Pittsburgh, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 21°00′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 10°58′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 27°54′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aries | 5°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 27°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 1°35′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 24°17′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 20°49′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 6°48′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 14°54′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Herbert Simon 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.