Optician & physicist

Joseph von Fraunhofer

An orphaned glassmaker's apprentice who mapped the dark lines in the solar spectrum, which is how anybody knows what stars are made of.

Born1787-03-06, Straubing, GermanyA Tuesday
Died1826-06-07, Munich, GermanyA Wednesday, aged 39
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1787-03-06, Straubing, 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
SunPisces15°50′Direct
MoonLibra14°09′Direct
MercuryPisces20°06′Direct
VenusCapricorn29°41′Direct
MarsAquarius13°44′Direct
JupiterTaurus16°48′Direct
SaturnAquarius22°33′Direct
UranusCancer21°43′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra18°24′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius15°09′Direct

This is Joseph von Fraunhofer's chart for 1787-03-06, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1826-06-07, Munich, 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
SunGemini16°05′Direct
MoonCancer5°22′Direct
MercuryTaurus27°34′Direct
VenusCancer8°59′Direct
MarsScorpio5°12′Retrograde
JupiterVirgo6°26′Direct
SaturnGemini24°13′Direct
UranusCapricorn23°29′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn13°20′Retrograde
PlutoAries5°12′Direct

This is Joseph von Fraunhofer's chart for 1826-06-07, 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 Joseph von Fraunhofer 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.