Baseball player
Lou Gehrig
Played 2,130 consecutive games and then retired at thirty-five with the disease that now carries his name. His farewell speech is the most quoted in American sport.
Henry Louis Gehrig was an American professional baseball first baseman who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees. Gehrig was renowned for his prowess as a hitter and for his durability, which earned him the nickname "the Iron Horse", and he is regarded as one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Gehrig was an All-Star seven consecutive times, a Triple Crown winner once, an American League (AL) Most Valuable Player twice and a member of six World Series champion teams. He had a career.340 batting average,.632 slugging average, and a.447 on-base average. He hit 493 home runs and had 1,995 runs batted in (RBIs). He is also one of 21 players to hit four home runs in a single game. In 1939, Gehrig was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame and was the first MLB player to have his uniform number retired by a team when his number 4 was retired by the Yankees.
- Born
- 1903-06-19, New York, New York, USAA Friday
- Died
- 1941-06-02, New York, New York, USAA Monday, aged 37
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1903-06-19, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 27°12′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 13°54′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 8°08′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 11°27′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 6°13′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 22°21′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 8°36′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 23°29′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 3°10′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 19°22′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1941-06-02, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 11°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 8°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 5°02′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 23°28′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 11°36′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 1°40′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 21°08′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 27°07′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 24°54′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°31′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lou Gehrig 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.
