Physicist

J. J. Thomson

Discovered the electron in 1897 and showed the atom was not indivisible. Seven of his research assistants went on to win Nobel Prizes of their own.

Born1856-12-18, Manchester, EnglandA Thursday
Died1940-08-30, Cambridge, EnglandA Friday, aged 83
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Virgo

Birth Chart

1856-12-18, Manchester, 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
SunSagittarius26°49′Direct
MoonVirgo18°16′Direct
MercuryCapricorn1°30′Direct
VenusAquarius4°05′Direct
MarsAquarius8°39′Direct
JupiterAries0°16′Direct
SaturnCancer11°52′Retrograde
UranusTaurus21°42′Retrograde
NeptunePisces17°45′Direct
PlutoTaurus3°50′Retrograde

This is J. J. Thomson's chart for 1856-12-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1940-08-30, Cambridge, 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
SunVirgo6°54′Direct
MoonCancer29°41′Direct
MercuryVirgo1°57′Direct
VenusCancer21°10′Direct
MarsVirgo6°52′Direct
JupiterTaurus15°38′Direct
SaturnTaurus14°46′Retrograde
UranusTaurus26°08′Direct
NeptuneVirgo24°33′Direct
PlutoLeo3°26′Direct

This is J. J. Thomson's chart for 1940-08-30, 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 J. J. Thomson 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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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.