Chemist
Irène Joliot-Curie
Won the Nobel Prize for artificial radioactivity, twenty-two years after her mother won hers. She died of leukaemia from the same exposure.
Irène Joliot-Curie was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. The couple also discovered positron emission in their process. They were the second married couple, after her parents, to win the Nobel Prize, adding to the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes. This made the Curies the family with the most Nobel laureates to date.
- Born
- 1897-09-12, Paris, FranceA Sunday
- Died
- 1956-03-17, Paris, FranceA Saturday, aged 58
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1897-09-12, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 19°56′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 6°28′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 7°55′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Leo | 13°06′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 11°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 20°31′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 25°47′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 25°40′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 22°30′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 14°43′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1956-03-17, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 26°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 27°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 9°35′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 10°47′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 11°32′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 22°57′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 2°47′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 28°22′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 29°53′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 26°40′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Irène Joliot-Curie 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.