Oceanographer & filmmaker

Jacques Cousteau

Co-invented the aqualung, then spent fifty years filming what it let him see. He did more than anybody to make the sea something the public cared about.

Born1910-06-11, Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, FranceA Saturday
Died1997-06-25, Paris, FranceA Wednesday, aged 87
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1910-06-11, Saint-Andre-de-Cubzac, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunGemini19°39′Direct
MoonLeo11°54′Direct
MercuryTaurus29°49′Direct
VenusTaurus8°54′Direct
MarsCancer25°14′Direct
JupiterLibra4°45′Direct
SaturnTaurus2°47′Direct
UranusCapricorn24°32′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer17°56′Direct
PlutoGemini26°12′Direct

This is Jacques Cousteau's chart for 1910-06-11, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1997-06-25, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunCancer3°52′Direct
MoonPisces5°54′Direct
MercuryCancer3°24′Direct
VenusCancer25°54′Direct
MarsLibra2°43′Direct
JupiterAquarius21°33′Retrograde
SaturnAries19°11′Direct
UranusAquarius7°57′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn29°14′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius3°25′Retrograde

This is Jacques Cousteau's chart for 1997-06-25, 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 Jacques Cousteau 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.