Astronaut
Joseph M. Acaba
A teacher and hydrogeologist who became chief of the astronaut office.
Joseph Michael Acabá is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. He completed his training on February 10, 2006, and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to 28, 2009, to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. He is the first person of Caribbean and Puerto Rican origin, and the twelfth of fifteen people of Ibero-American heritage to have flown to space as a NASA astronaut.
- Born
- 1967-05-17, Inglewood, USAA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Taurus, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1967-05-17, Inglewood, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 26°10′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 3°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 3°32′ | Direct |
| Venus | Cancer | 8°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 15°28′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 29°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 8°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Virgo | 20°19′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 22°53′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Virgo | 18°00′ | Retrograde |
Joseph M. Acaba 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 Joseph M. Acaba 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.
