Physicist

John Robert Schrieffer

The BCS theory of superconductivity, worked out on a subway train at twenty nine.

Born
1931-05-31, Oak Park, USAA Sunday
Died
2019-07-27, Tallahassee, USAA Saturday, aged 88
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Sagittarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1931-05-31, Oak Park, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini9°16′Direct
MoonSagittarius10°35′Direct
MercuryTaurus14°57′Direct
VenusTaurus12°46′Direct
MarsLeo24°49′Direct
JupiterCancer20°08′Direct
SaturnCapricorn22°39′Retrograde
UranusAries18°11′Direct
NeptuneVirgo3°04′Direct
PlutoCancer19°21′Direct

This is John Robert Schrieffer's chart for 1931-05-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2019-07-27, Tallahassee, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♅☽☿℞♀☉♂♃℞♄℞♇℞♆℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo4°20′Direct
MoonGemini5°13′Direct
MercuryCancer24°54′Retrograde
VenusCancer29°29′Direct
MarsLeo16°19′Direct
JupiterSagittarius14°50′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn15°55′Retrograde
UranusTaurus6°31′Direct
NeptunePisces18°23′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn21°34′Retrograde

This is John Robert Schrieffer's chart for 2019-07-27, 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 Robert Schrieffer 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.

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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.