Naturalist

Louis Agassiz

Proposed the ice ages, and got evolution and race badly wrong.

Born
1807-05-28, Môtier, SwitzerlandA Thursday
Died
1873-12-14, Cambridge, USAA Sunday, aged 66
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1807-05-28, Môtier, Switzerland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Zurichthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini6°08′Direct
MoonAquarius26°43′Direct
MercuryTaurus18°42′Direct
VenusCancer11°58′Direct
MarsVirgo12°29′Direct
JupiterAquarius12°09′Direct
SaturnScorpio5°03′Retrograde
UranusLibra26°50′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius0°59′Retrograde
PlutoPisces13°22′Direct

This is Louis Agassiz's chart for 1807-05-28, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1873-12-14, Cambridge, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♃☽☿♀☉♄♂♆℞♇℞♅℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius22°50′Direct
MoonLibra23°13′Direct
MercurySagittarius2°06′Direct
VenusSagittarius5°52′Direct
MarsAquarius16°31′Direct
JupiterLibra0°09′Direct
SaturnAquarius0°23′Direct
UranusLeo10°11′Retrograde
NeptuneAries25°54′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus20°13′Retrograde

This is Louis Agassiz's chart for 1873-12-14, 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 Louis Agassiz 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.