Physicist

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Directed Los Alamos and watched the first test at Trinity. His security clearance was stripped in 1954 in a hearing that was formally vacated sixty-eight years later.

Born1904-04-22, New York, New York, USAA Friday
Died1967-02-18, Princeton, New Jersey, USAA Saturday, aged 62
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Cancer

Birth Chart

1904-04-22, New York, New York, 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
SunTaurus2°07′Direct
MoonCancer25°39′Direct
MercuryTaurus22°05′Direct
VenusAries11°43′Direct
MarsTaurus11°44′Direct
JupiterAries12°36′Direct
SaturnAquarius19°46′Direct
UranusSagittarius29°48′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer3°33′Direct
PlutoGemini19°07′Direct

This is J. Robert Oppenheimer's chart for 1904-04-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1967-02-18, Princeton, New Jersey, 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
SunAquarius29°21′Direct
MoonGemini11°16′Direct
MercuryPisces17°09′Direct
VenusPisces23°31′Direct
MarsScorpio1°21′Direct
JupiterCancer25°54′Retrograde
SaturnPisces28°26′Direct
UranusVirgo23°20′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio24°20′Direct
PlutoVirgo19°51′Retrograde

This is J. Robert Oppenheimer's chart for 1967-02-18, 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. Robert Oppenheimer 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.