Mathematician

Katherine Johnson

Calculated trajectories for the first American in space and for Apollo 11. John Glenn refused to fly until she had checked the computer's numbers by hand.

Born1918-08-26, White Sulphur Springs, United StatesA Monday
Died2020-02-24, Newport News, United StatesA Monday, aged 101
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus
TimezoneAmerica/New_YorkHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1918-08-26, White Sulphur Springs, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_York

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo2°35′Direct
MoonTaurus4°28′Direct
MercuryVirgo14°20′Retrograde
VenusLeo9°40′Direct
MarsScorpio5°59′Direct
JupiterCancer9°00′Direct
SaturnLeo19°59′Direct
UranusAquarius25°27′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo7°48′Direct
PlutoCancer6°19′Direct

Death Chart

2020-02-24, Newport News, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_York

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces5°32′Direct
MoonPisces17°12′Direct
MercuryPisces8°21′Retrograde
VenusAries19°29′Direct
MarsCapricorn5°39′Direct
JupiterCapricorn18°32′Direct
SaturnCapricorn27°38′Direct
UranusTaurus3°29′Direct
NeptunePisces17°54′Direct
PlutoCapricorn24°07′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Katherine Johnson 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.