Physicist

Lord Kelvin

Worked out absolute zero and has the temperature scale named after him. He also declared heavier than air flying machines impossible eight years before Kitty Hawk.

Born1824-06-26, Belfast, Northern IrelandA Saturday
Died1907-12-17, Largs, ScotlandA Tuesday, aged 83
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Gemini

Birth Chart

1824-06-26, Belfast, Northern Ireland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunCancer4°43′Direct
MoonGemini28°06′Direct
MercuryGemini13°07′Direct
VenusGemini25°36′Direct
MarsLibra7°43′Direct
JupiterCancer18°27′Direct
SaturnGemini2°08′Direct
UranusCapricorn14°11′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn8°20′Retrograde
PlutoAries3°10′Direct

This is Lord Kelvin's chart for 1824-06-26, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1907-12-17, Largs, Scotland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunSagittarius24°24′Direct
MoonTaurus29°16′Direct
MercurySagittarius9°11′Direct
VenusCapricorn17°42′Direct
MarsPisces12°40′Direct
JupiterLeo13°09′Retrograde
SaturnPisces21°07′Direct
UranusCapricorn11°44′Direct
NeptuneCancer14°00′Retrograde
PlutoGemini23°46′Retrograde

This is Lord Kelvin's chart for 1907-12-17, 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 Lord Kelvin 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. Recorded times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.