Photographer

Julia Margaret Cameron

Given a camera at forty-eight, she made deliberately soft-focus portraits that professionals called incompetent and that are now considered the finest of the era.

Born1815-06-11, Kolkata, IndiaA Sunday
Died1879-01-26, Kalutara, Sri LankaA Sunday, aged 63
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1815-06-11, Kolkata, India · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Kolkatathe 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
SunGemini19°23′Direct
MoonLeo8°17′Direct
MercuryCancer10°08′Direct
VenusCancer28°32′Direct
MarsPisces19°53′Direct
JupiterLibra0°33′Direct
SaturnAquarius12°02′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius4°18′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius18°31′Retrograde
PlutoPisces22°59′Direct

This is Julia Margaret Cameron's chart for 1815-06-11, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1879-01-26, Kalutara, Sri Lanka · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Colombothe 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
SunAquarius5°59′Direct
MoonPisces19°57′Direct
MercuryCapricorn13°36′Direct
VenusAquarius18°17′Direct
MarsSagittarius23°00′Direct
JupiterAquarius16°20′Direct
SaturnPisces28°57′Direct
UranusVirgo3°16′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus7°01′Direct
PlutoTaurus24°32′Retrograde

This is Julia Margaret Cameron's chart for 1879-01-26, 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 Margaret Cameron 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.