Inventor & artist

Louis Daguerre

Announced the first practical photographic process in 1839, which the French government bought and gave to the world, free, except in England.

Born1787-11-18, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, FranceA Sunday
Died1851-07-10, Bry-sur-Marne, FranceA Thursday, aged 63
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1787-11-18, Cormeilles-en-Parisis, 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
SunScorpio26°07′Direct
MoonPisces0°21′Direct
MercurySagittarius18°06′Direct
VenusSagittarius3°55′Direct
MarsCancer26°34′Direct
JupiterGemini24°37′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius22°36′Direct
UranusLeo0°09′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra20°00′Direct
PlutoAquarius13°58′Direct

This is Louis Daguerre's chart for 1787-11-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1851-07-10, Bry-sur-Marne, 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
SunCancer17°33′Direct
MoonSagittarius14°36′Direct
MercuryCancer11°18′Direct
VenusGemini25°40′Direct
MarsTaurus26°09′Direct
JupiterLibra14°24′Direct
SaturnTaurus3°08′Direct
UranusTaurus3°59′Direct
NeptunePisces9°03′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus0°45′Direct

This is Louis Daguerre's chart for 1851-07-10, 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 Daguerre 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.