Chess grandmaster

Mikhail Botvinnik

World champion three times across fifteen years, an electrical engineer by profession, and the teacher of Karpov, Kasparov and Kramnik.

Born1911-08-17, Saint Petersburg, RussiaA Thursday
Died1995-05-05, Moscow, RussiaA Friday, aged 83
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1911-08-17, Saint Petersburg, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunLeo23°20′Direct
MoonTaurus21°54′Direct
MercuryVirgo20°16′Direct
VenusVirgo28°20′Direct
MarsTaurus20°12′Direct
JupiterScorpio7°35′Direct
SaturnTaurus19°59′Direct
UranusCapricorn26°20′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer22°28′Direct
PlutoGemini28°39′Direct

This is Mikhail Botvinnik's chart for 1911-08-17, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1995-05-05, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunTaurus14°22′Direct
MoonCancer15°28′Direct
MercuryGemini4°08′Direct
VenusAries15°54′Direct
MarsLeo21°41′Direct
JupiterSagittarius13°40′Retrograde
SaturnPisces21°45′Direct
UranusAquarius0°28′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn25°32′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio29°38′Retrograde

This is Mikhail Botvinnik's chart for 1995-05-05, 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 Mikhail Botvinnik 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.