Explorer

Meriwether Lewis

Led the expedition across the continent to the Pacific and back with William Clark. He died three years later of gunshot wounds on the Natchez Trace, probably by his own hand.

Born1774-08-18, Charlottesville, Virginia, USAA Thursday
Died1809-10-11, Hohenwald, Tennessee, USAA Wednesday, aged 35
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1774-08-18, Charlottesville, Virginia, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo25°41′Direct
MoonCapricorn15°45′Direct
MercuryLeo25°38′Retrograde
VenusCancer21°20′Direct
MarsCancer7°08′Direct
JupiterTaurus15°39′Direct
SaturnVirgo25°08′Direct
UranusGemini2°15′Direct
NeptuneVirgo19°21′Direct
PlutoCapricorn22°57′Retrograde

This is Meriwether Lewis's chart for 1774-08-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1809-10-11, Hohenwald, Tennessee, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Chicagothe 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
SunLibra17°59′Direct
MoonScorpio20°26′Direct
MercuryScorpio12°52′Direct
VenusVirgo11°44′Direct
MarsSagittarius19°42′Direct
JupiterAries20°07′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius0°59′Direct
UranusScorpio8°38′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius4°55′Direct
PlutoPisces14°08′Retrograde

This is Meriwether Lewis's chart for 1809-10-11, 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 Meriwether Lewis 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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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.