Physicist & spy

Klaus Fuchs

Worked on the Manhattan Project and gave the Soviet Union the design of the plutonium bomb, which probably advanced their programme by years.

Born1911-12-29, Russelsheim, GermanyA Friday
Died1988-01-28, Dresden, GermanyA Thursday, aged 76
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Aries

Birth Chart

1911-12-29, Russelsheim, 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
SunCapricorn6°37′Direct
MoonAries14°41′Direct
MercurySagittarius27°52′Retrograde
VenusScorpio22°38′Direct
MarsTaurus24°18′Retrograde
JupiterSagittarius4°01′Direct
SaturnTaurus13°35′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn28°06′Direct
NeptuneCancer22°49′Retrograde
PlutoGemini27°48′Retrograde

This is Klaus Fuchs's chart for 1911-12-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1988-01-28, Dresden, 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
SunAquarius7°44′Direct
MoonGemini7°50′Direct
MercuryAquarius26°03′Direct
VenusPisces15°31′Direct
MarsSagittarius13°13′Direct
JupiterAries22°55′Direct
SaturnSagittarius28°28′Direct
UranusSagittarius29°11′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn8°47′Direct
PlutoScorpio12°29′Direct

This is Klaus Fuchs's chart for 1988-01-28, 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 Klaus Fuchs 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.