Chef & author

Julia Child

Worked for American intelligence in the war, learned to cook at thirty-six, and taught America French cooking on television for forty years.

Born1912-08-15, Pasadena, California, USAA Thursday
Died2004-08-13, Montecito, California, USAA Friday, aged 91
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1912-08-15, Pasadena, 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
SunLeo22°34′Direct
MoonLibra4°18′Direct
MercuryVirgo4°12′Retrograde
VenusVirgo3°49′Direct
MarsVirgo18°34′Direct
JupiterSagittarius5°48′Direct
SaturnGemini3°13′Direct
UranusAquarius0°37′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer24°36′Direct
PlutoGemini29°41′Direct

This is Julia Child's chart for 1912-08-15, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2004-08-13, Montecito, 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
SunLeo21°20′Direct
MoonCancer25°42′Direct
MercuryVirgo8°07′Retrograde
VenusCancer5°41′Direct
MarsVirgo2°07′Direct
JupiterVirgo21°03′Direct
SaturnCancer21°22′Direct
UranusPisces5°21′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius13°47′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius19°37′Retrograde

This is Julia Child's chart for 2004-08-13, 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 Julia Child 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.