Physicist

James Prescott Joule

A brewer who established that heat and mechanical work are the same thing, reportedly by measuring water temperature at the top and bottom of a waterfall on his honeymoon.

Born1818-12-24, Salford, EnglandA Thursday
Died1889-10-11, Sale, EnglandA Friday, aged 70
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1818-12-24, Salford, 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
SunCapricorn2°09′Direct
MoonScorpio18°28′Direct
MercuryCapricorn21°51′Direct
VenusCapricorn5°38′Retrograde
MarsSagittarius21°55′Direct
JupiterCapricorn19°37′Direct
SaturnPisces12°48′Direct
UranusSagittarius21°03′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius26°25′Direct
PlutoPisces24°24′Direct

This is James Prescott Joule's chart for 1818-12-24, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1889-10-11, Sale, 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
SunLibra18°21′Direct
MoonTaurus17°28′Direct
MercuryLibra28°02′Retrograde
VenusVirgo17°22′Direct
MarsVirgo11°20′Direct
JupiterCapricorn1°45′Direct
SaturnVirgo0°26′Direct
UranusLibra22°06′Direct
NeptuneGemini4°15′Retrograde
PlutoGemini6°43′Retrograde

This is James Prescott Joule's chart for 1889-10-11, 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 Prescott Joule 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.