Climatologist
James Hansen
NASA scientist whose 1988 testimony to the United States Senate put global warming on the political agenda. Born in Denison, Iowa.
James Edward Hansen is an American climatologist. He is an adjunct professor directing the Program on Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions at Columbia University. He is best known for his research in climatology, his 1988 Congressional testimony on climate change that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy of action to avoid dangerous climate change. In recent years, he has become a climate activist to mitigate the effects of global warming, on a few occasions leading to his arrest.
- Born
- 1941-03-29, Denison, Iowa, USAA Saturday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1941-03-29, Denison, Iowa, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 8°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 29°23′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 11°16′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 3°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Capricorn | 27°24′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 16°45′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 13°02′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 23°33′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 25°59′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°05′ | Retrograde |
James Hansen 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 Hansen 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.