Computer scientist

John McCarthy

Coined the term artificial intelligence for a 1956 workshop, invented Lisp, and proposed time-sharing, which is the ancestor of cloud computing.

Born1927-09-04, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday
Died2011-10-24, Stanford, California, USAA Monday, aged 84
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1927-09-04, Boston, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunVirgo11°06′Direct
MoonSagittarius13°35′Direct
MercuryVirgo13°01′Direct
VenusVirgo20°37′Retrograde
MarsVirgo26°10′Direct
JupiterAries0°47′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius1°44′Direct
UranusAries2°14′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo27°15′Direct
PlutoCancer16°46′Direct

This is John McCarthy's chart for 1927-09-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2011-10-24, Stanford, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunScorpio1°01′Direct
MoonLibra1°59′Direct
MercuryScorpio17°21′Direct
VenusScorpio19°20′Direct
MarsLeo20°49′Direct
JupiterTaurus5°52′Retrograde
SaturnLibra21°30′Direct
UranusAries1°29′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius28°12′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn5°15′Direct

This is John McCarthy's chart for 2011-10-24, 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 John McCarthy 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.