Physicist
Maria Goeppert Mayer
Worked unpaid for most of her career because universities refused to employ a professor's wife, and won the Nobel Prize for the nuclear shell model.
Maria Goeppert Mayer was a German-American theoretical physicist who shared the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physics with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner. One half of the prize was awarded jointly to Goeppert Mayer and Jensen "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure." She was the second woman to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, the first being Marie Curie in 1903. In 1986, the Maria Goeppert Mayer Award for early-career women physicists was established in her honor.
- Born
- 1906-06-28, Katowice, PolandA Thursday
- Died
- 1972-02-20, San Diego, California, USAA Sunday, aged 65
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Virgo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1906-06-28, Katowice, Poland · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Warsawthe zone used then
Europe/WarsawThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 5°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 21°13′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 26°01′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 9°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 11°00′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 22°54′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 15°01′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 6°31′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Cancer | 9°57′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 22°33′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1972-02-20, San Diego, California, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Los_Angelesthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Pisces | 1°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 19°38′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 4°13′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 12°19′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 6°46′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Capricorn | 2°29′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 29°58′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Libra | 17°57′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 5°11′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Libra | 1°28′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Maria Goeppert Mayer 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.