Astronomer

Maria Mitchell

Discovered a comet in 1847 and became the first American woman professor of astronomy.

Born
1818-08-01, Nantucket, USAA Saturday
Died
1889-06-29, Lynn, USAA Saturday, aged 70
At birth
Sun in Leo, Moon in Leo
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1818-08-01, Nantucket, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo8°45′Direct
MoonLeo3°17′Direct
MercuryLeo24°20′Direct
VenusVirgo14°43′Direct
MarsVirgo13°13′Direct
JupiterCapricorn4°25′Retrograde
SaturnPisces17°21′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius16°24′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius24°02′Retrograde
PlutoPisces26°14′Retrograde

This is Maria Mitchell's chart for 1818-08-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1889-06-29, Lynn, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_Yorkthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♀♆♇☿℞♂☉☽♄♅♃℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer8°03′Direct
MoonCancer22°37′Direct
MercuryGemini24°09′Retrograde
VenusTaurus22°53′Direct
MarsCancer4°46′Direct
JupiterCapricorn2°45′Retrograde
SaturnLeo18°02′Direct
UranusLibra17°52′Direct
NeptuneGemini3°21′Direct
PlutoGemini6°11′Direct

This is Maria Mitchell's chart for 1889-06-29, 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 Maria Mitchell 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.