Inventor & draughtsman

Lewis Latimer

The son of escaped slaves who drew the patent illustrations for Bell's telephone and invented a carbon filament that made light bulbs affordable.

Born1848-09-04, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USAA Monday
Died1928-12-11, Flushing, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 80
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1848-09-04, Chelsea, Massachusetts, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunVirgo12°13′Direct
MoonScorpio29°31′Direct
MercuryVirgo14°40′Direct
VenusVirgo24°13′Direct
MarsVirgo25°55′Direct
JupiterLeo10°55′Direct
SaturnPisces22°38′Retrograde
UranusAries21°40′Retrograde
NeptunePisces0°53′Retrograde
PlutoAries27°39′Retrograde

This is Lewis Latimer's chart for 1848-09-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1928-12-11, Flushing, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe 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
SunSagittarius19°26′Direct
MoonSagittarius13°59′Direct
MercurySagittarius15°38′Direct
VenusCapricorn29°34′Direct
MarsCancer3°18′Retrograde
JupiterTaurus0°46′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius21°19′Direct
UranusAries3°28′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo1°22′Retrograde
PlutoCancer17°51′Retrograde

This is Lewis Latimer's chart for 1928-12-11, 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 Lewis Latimer 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.