Engineer & inventor

James Watt

His separate condenser made the steam engine efficient enough to power industry rather than just pump water out of mines. The unit of power is named after him.

Born1736-01-19, Greenock, ScotlandA Thursday
Died1819-08-25, Birmingham, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 83
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1736-01-19, Greenock, 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
SunCapricorn28°48′Direct
MoonAries8°57′Direct
MercuryCapricorn20°40′Direct
VenusSagittarius11°59′Direct
MarsSagittarius9°56′Direct
JupiterCapricorn25°49′Direct
SaturnTaurus20°43′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius25°34′Direct
NeptuneGemini24°09′Retrograde
PlutoLibra28°18′Direct

This is James Watt's chart for 1736-01-19, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1819-08-25, Birmingham, 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
SunVirgo1°23′Direct
MoonLibra23°18′Direct
MercuryVirgo21°58′Retrograde
VenusLeo19°18′Direct
MarsGemini23°00′Direct
JupiterAquarius9°46′Retrograde
SaturnPisces29°15′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius20°31′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius25°57′Retrograde
PlutoPisces27°02′Retrograde

This is James Watt's chart for 1819-08-25, 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 James Watt 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.