Botanist & geneticist
Nikolai Vavilov
Built the world's largest seed bank and was denounced by Lysenko, whose pseudoscience Stalin preferred. He starved to death in prison.
Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov was a Russian and Soviet agronomist, botanist and geneticist who identified the centers of origin of cultivated plants. His research focused on improvement of wheat, maize and other cereal crops.
- Born
- 1887-11-25, Moscow, RussiaA Friday
- Died
- 1943-01-26, Saratov, RussiaA Tuesday, aged 55
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1887-11-25, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Moscowthe zone used then
Europe/MoscowThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 2°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 5°10′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 17°50′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 16°14′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 24°07′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 19°57′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 6°29′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Libra | 15°46′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Taurus | 28°32′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Gemini | 4°02′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1943-01-26, Saratov, Russia · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Saratovthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 5°29′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 29°35′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aquarius | 1°59′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 22°26′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 29°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 18°13′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Gemini | 5°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 0°38′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 1°55′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 6°07′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Nikolai Vavilov 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.