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.
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs was a German theoretical physicist, atomic spy, and communist who supplied information from the American, British, and Canadian Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after World War II. While at the Los Alamos Laboratory, Fuchs was responsible for many significant theoretical calculations relating to the first nuclear weapons and, later, early models of the hydrogen bomb. After his conviction in 1950, he served nine years in prison in the United Kingdom, then migrated to East Germany where he resumed his career as a physicist and scientific leader.
- Born
- 1911-12-29, Russelsheim, GermanyA Friday
- Died
- 1988-01-28, Dresden, GermanyA Thursday, aged 76
- At birth
- Sun in Capricorn, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- German Democratic Republic
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1911-12-29, Russelsheim, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 6°37′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 14°41′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 27°52′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Scorpio | 22°38′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 24°18′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 4°01′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 13°35′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 28°06′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 22°49′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 27°48′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1988-01-28, Dresden, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 7°44′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 7°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 26°03′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 15°31′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 13°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 22°55′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 28°28′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 29°11′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Capricorn | 8°47′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 12°29′ | Direct |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
