Physicist

James Clerk Maxwell

Unified electricity, magnetism and light into four equations, and produced the first colour photograph. Einstein kept his portrait on the study wall.

Born1831-06-13, Edinburgh, ScotlandA Monday
Died1879-11-05, Cambridge, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 48
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1831-06-13, Edinburgh, Scotland · 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
SunGemini21°39′Direct
MoonLeo6°15′Direct
MercuryGemini1°14′Direct
VenusLeo2°05′Direct
MarsCancer25°30′Direct
JupiterAquarius22°19′Retrograde
SaturnLeo26°44′Direct
UranusAquarius14°16′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn24°26′Retrograde
PlutoAries10°32′Direct

This is James Clerk Maxwell's chart for 1831-06-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1879-11-05, 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
SunScorpio12°43′Direct
MoonCancer22°39′Direct
MercurySagittarius0°19′Direct
VenusLibra0°10′Direct
MarsTaurus22°45′Retrograde
JupiterPisces2°55′Direct
SaturnAries10°07′Retrograde
UranusVirgo8°18′Direct
NeptuneTaurus10°35′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus26°40′Retrograde

This is James Clerk Maxwell's chart for 1879-11-05, 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 James Clerk Maxwell 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.