Typographer

Jan Tschichold

Wrote the manifesto of modernist typography, was arrested by the Nazis for cultural bolshevism, and later redesigned every Penguin book to a four-page rule sheet.

Born1902-04-02, Leipzig, GermanyA Wednesday
Died1974-08-11, Locarno, SwitzerlandA Sunday, aged 72
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1902-04-02, Leipzig, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunAries11°46′Direct
MoonCapricorn25°09′Direct
MercuryPisces18°43′Direct
VenusAquarius28°15′Direct
MarsAries11°01′Direct
JupiterAquarius11°15′Direct
SaturnCapricorn26°46′Direct
UranusSagittarius21°16′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini28°49′Direct
PlutoGemini16°51′Direct

This is Jan Tschichold's chart for 1902-04-02, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1974-08-11, Locarno, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Zurichthe 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
SunLeo18°23′Direct
MoonTaurus22°36′Direct
MercuryLeo11°57′Direct
VenusCancer25°41′Direct
MarsVirgo9°20′Direct
JupiterPisces15°59′Retrograde
SaturnCancer13°34′Direct
UranusLibra24°21′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius6°51′Retrograde
PlutoLibra4°56′Direct

This is Jan Tschichold's chart for 1974-08-11, 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 Jan Tschichold 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.