Astronaut
Joan Higginbotham
The third Black woman to fly in space.
Joan Elizabeth Higginbotham is an electrical engineer and a former NASA astronaut. She flew aboard Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-116 as a mission specialist and is the third African American woman to go into space, after Mae Jemison and Stephanie Wilson.
- Born
- 1964-08-03, Chicago, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1964-08-03, Chicago, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 11°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 15°17′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 8°35′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 28°53′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 2°38′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 23°21′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 3°12′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 8°35′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 15°04′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 12°50′ | Direct |
Joan Higginbotham 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 Joan Higginbotham 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.