Physicist

Luis Walter Alvarez

Nobel laureate in particle physics who later proposed, with his son, that an asteroid killed the dinosaurs.

Born1911-06-13, San Francisco, United StatesA Tuesday
Died1988-09-01, Berkeley, United StatesA Thursday, aged 77
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Capricorn
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1911-06-13, San Francisco, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunGemini21°39′Direct
MoonCapricorn12°39′Direct
MercuryGemini1°12′Direct
VenusLeo5°29′Direct
MarsAries7°54′Direct
JupiterScorpio5°12′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus15°05′Direct
UranusCapricorn28°44′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer20°10′Direct
PlutoGemini27°17′Direct

This is Luis Walter Alvarez's chart for 1911-06-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1988-09-01, Berkeley, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angelesthe 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
SunVirgo9°32′Direct
MoonTaurus22°33′Direct
MercuryLibra2°45′Direct
VenusCancer24°04′Direct
MarsAries11°11′Retrograde
JupiterGemini5°16′Direct
SaturnSagittarius25°56′Direct
UranusSagittarius27°02′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn7°29′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio10°17′Direct

This is Luis Walter Alvarez's chart for 1988-09-01, 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 Luis Walter Alvarez 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.