Astrophysicist
Jocelyn Bell Burnell
Discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967 as a postgraduate student, a finding that won her supervisor the Nobel Prize. Born in Lurgan, County Armagh.
Dame Susan Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a Northern Irish physicist who, while conducting research for her doctorate, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. This discovery later earned the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1974, but she was not among the awardees.
- Born
- 1943-07-15, Lurgan, Northern IrelandA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1943-07-15, Lurgan, Northern Ireland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 22°02′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 22°30′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 18°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 6°08′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 5°07′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 3°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 20°45′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 7°20′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 29°35′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 6°23′ | Direct |
Jocelyn Bell Burnell 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 Jocelyn Bell Burnell 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.