Engineer

Karl Benz

Patented the first practical motor car in 1886. His wife Bertha took it on a 106 kilometre drive without telling him, which is what proved it worked.

Born1844-11-25, Karlsruhe, GermanyA Monday
Died1929-04-04, Ladenburg, GermanyA Thursday, aged 84
At birthSun in Sagittarius, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1844-11-25, Karlsruhe, 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
SunSagittarius3°20′Direct
MoonGemini8°28′Direct
MercurySagittarius8°43′Direct
VenusLibra23°12′Direct
MarsLibra24°08′Direct
JupiterPisces24°07′Direct
SaturnAquarius2°48′Direct
UranusAries2°26′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius21°05′Direct
PlutoAries22°15′Retrograde

This is Karl Benz's chart for 1844-11-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1929-04-04, Ladenburg, 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
SunAries14°11′Direct
MoonAquarius8°00′Direct
MercuryAries1°02′Direct
VenusTaurus7°27′Retrograde
MarsCancer10°19′Direct
JupiterTaurus13°55′Direct
SaturnCapricorn0°29′Direct
UranusAries7°44′Direct
NeptuneLeo28°55′Retrograde
PlutoCancer16°12′Direct

This is Karl Benz's chart for 1929-04-04, 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 Karl Benz 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.