Cryptographer
Martin Hellman
Co-invented public key cryptography with Whitfield Diffie, and fought the American government to publish it.
Martin Edward Hellman is an American cryptologist and mathematician, best known for his invention of public-key cryptography in cooperation with Whitfield Diffie and Ralph Merkle. Hellman is a longtime contributor to the computer privacy debate, and has applied risk analysis to a potential failure of nuclear deterrence.
- Born
- 1945-10-02, New York City, USAA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Leo
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1945-10-02, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 9°07′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 29°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 9°19′ | Direct |
| Venus | Virgo | 9°46′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 13°47′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 8°08′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 23°47′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 17°24′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 6°17′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 11°25′ | Direct |
Martin Hellman is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Martin Hellman 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.