Astrophysicist
Martin Rees
Astronomer Royal since 1995 and a former president of the Royal Society, working on galaxy formation and the early universe. Born in York.
Martin John Rees, Baron Rees of Ludlow, is a British cosmologist and astrophysicist. He was the fifteenth Astronomer Royal from 1995 to 2025, Master of Trinity College, Cambridge, from 2004 to 2012, and President of the Royal Society from 2005 to 2010. He has received various physics awards including the Wolf Prize in Physics in 2024 for fundamental contributions to high-energy astrophysics, galaxies and structure formation, and cosmology.
- Born
- 1942-06-23, York, EnglandA Tuesday
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Libra
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1942-06-23, York, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 1°18′ | Direct |
| Moon | Libra | 20°45′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 17°04′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Taurus | 24°43′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 5°43′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 2°57′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 5°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 2°13′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 27°09′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 4°23′ | Direct |
Martin Rees 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 Rees 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.