Biologist
Lynn Margulis
Showed mitochondria were once free living bacteria, against total opposition.
Lynn Margulis was an American evolutionary biologist, who was the primary modern proponent for the significance of symbiosis in evolution. In particular, Margulis transformed and fundamentally framed biologists' understanding of the evolution of the Eukaryotes, organisms with nuclei in their cells. She proposed that they came into being by symbiotic mergers of bacteria. Margulis was the co-developer of the Gaia hypothesis with the British chemist James Lovelock, proposing that the Earth functions as a unified self-regulating system, and the principal defender and promulgator of the five kingdom classification of Robert Whittaker.
- Born
- 1938-03-05, Chicago, USAA Saturday
- Died
- 2011-11-22, Amherst, USAA Tuesday, aged 73
- At birth
- Sun in Pisces, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1938-03-05, Chicago, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 14°31′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 28°00′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 12°02′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 21°43′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 25°14′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 17°32′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Aries | 5°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 10°37′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 19°55′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Cancer | 28°07′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2011-11-22, Amherst, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 0°02′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 24°24′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 19°55′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 25°15′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 5°36′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 2°12′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 24°51′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 0°46′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 28°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 5°59′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Lynn Margulis 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.
