Physician & educator

Maria Montessori

One of Italy's first women doctors, who developed a teaching method from observing children in a Roman slum and saw it spread worldwide.

Born1870-08-31, Chiaravalle, ItalyA Wednesday
Died1952-05-06, Noordwijk, NetherlandsA Tuesday, aged 81
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1870-08-31, Chiaravalle, Italy · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Romethe 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
SunVirgo7°48′Direct
MoonScorpio9°41′Direct
MercuryLibra3°28′Direct
VenusLeo12°52′Direct
MarsCancer24°44′Direct
JupiterGemini23°23′Direct
SaturnSagittarius21°56′Direct
UranusCancer24°56′Direct
NeptuneAries21°28′Retrograde
PlutoTaurus18°54′Retrograde

This is Maria Montessori's chart for 1870-08-31, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1952-05-06, Noordwijk, Netherlands · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Amsterdamthe 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
SunTaurus15°51′Direct
MoonLibra3°53′Direct
MercuryAries19°29′Direct
VenusTaurus2°33′Direct
MarsScorpio8°37′Retrograde
JupiterTaurus1°48′Direct
SaturnLibra9°11′Retrograde
UranusCancer10°56′Direct
NeptuneLibra19°39′Retrograde
PlutoLeo19°05′Direct

This is Maria Montessori's chart for 1952-05-06, 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 Montessori 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
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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.