Philosopher & mathematician

Hilary Putnam

American philosopher who changed his own position repeatedly and argued that meaning is not in the head.

Born1926-07-31, Chicago, United StatesA Saturday
Died2016-03-13, Arlington, United StatesA Sunday, aged 89
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Taurus
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1926-07-31, Chicago, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunLeo7°42′Direct
MoonTaurus6°25′Direct
MercuryLeo19°13′Retrograde
VenusCancer8°53′Direct
MarsAries29°37′Direct
JupiterAquarius24°08′Retrograde
SaturnScorpio19°27′Direct
UranusPisces29°09′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo23°52′Direct
PlutoCancer14°52′Direct

This is Hilary Putnam's chart for 1926-07-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2016-03-13, Arlington, United States · 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
SunPisces23°30′Direct
MoonTaurus26°59′Direct
MercuryPisces14°13′Direct
VenusPisces1°31′Direct
MarsSagittarius2°37′Direct
JupiterVirgo17°37′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius16°17′Direct
UranusAries18°55′Direct
NeptunePisces10°00′Direct
PlutoCapricorn17°09′Direct

This is Hilary Putnam's chart for 2016-03-13, 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 Hilary Putnam 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.