Inventor & teacher

Louis Braille

Blinded at three by an accident with his father's tools, he adapted a military code into a reading system at fifteen. It was not adopted at his school until after he died.

Born1809-01-04, Coupvray, FranceA Wednesday
Died1852-01-06, Paris, FranceA Tuesday, aged 43
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1809-01-04, Coupvray, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunCapricorn13°48′Direct
MoonLeo13°52′Direct
MercuryCapricorn4°46′Direct
VenusAquarius21°21′Direct
MarsLibra12°42′Direct
JupiterPisces14°05′Direct
SaturnSagittarius0°14′Direct
UranusScorpio8°58′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius5°47′Direct
PlutoPisces12°47′Direct

This is Louis Braille's chart for 1809-01-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1852-01-06, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunCapricorn15°23′Direct
MoonCancer5°40′Direct
MercuryCapricorn15°21′Retrograde
VenusAquarius9°20′Direct
MarsLeo10°41′Retrograde
JupiterScorpio17°40′Direct
SaturnAries27°29′Direct
UranusTaurus0°24′Retrograde
NeptunePisces7°08′Direct
PlutoAries28°51′Retrograde

This is Louis Braille's chart for 1852-01-06, 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 Braille 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.