Inventor & industrial designer
James Dyson
Built five thousand prototypes of a bagless vacuum cleaner before one worked, and founded an engineering university. Born in Cromer, Norfolk.
Sir James Dyson is an English inventor, industrial designer, farmer, and business magnate who founded the company Dyson. He is best known as the inventor of the bagless vacuum cleaner, which works on the principle of cyclonic separation. In the Sunday Times Rich List 2023, he was the fifth-richest person in the United Kingdom, with an estimated family net worth of £23 billion. As of March 2025, Forbes lists Dyson's net worth as $13.3 billion.
- Born
- 1947-05-02, Cromer, Norfolk, EnglandA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1947-05-02, Cromer, Norfolk, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 11°09′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 8°03′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 26°30′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 8°44′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 15°47′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 24°11′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Leo | 2°40′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 19°32′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 8°36′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 10°59′ | Direct |
James Dyson is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment James Dyson 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.