Physician & physicist
Luigi Galvani
Made a dead frog's leg twitch with electricity and concluded that animals carry their own vital electricity. He was wrong, and the argument produced the battery.
Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity. In 1780, using a frog, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of bioelectricity, following experiments by John Walsh and Hugh Williamson.
- Born
- 1737-09-09, Bologna, ItalyA Monday
- Died
- 1798-12-04, Bologna, ItalyA Tuesday, aged 61
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- Papal States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1737-09-09, Bologna, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
Europe/RomeThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 16°42′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 20°16′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 4°14′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 1°45′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 25°06′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 18°45′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 25°10′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 28°00′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Cancer | 0°43′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 29°11′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1798-12-04, Bologna, Italy · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Romethe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 12°38′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 1°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 23°34′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 6°21′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 24°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 18°36′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 25°34′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 22°05′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 13°41′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Aquarius | 29°41′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Luigi Galvani 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.