Physicist
Norman Foster Ramsey
The separated oscillatory field method, which is how an atomic clock works.
Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. was an American physicist who was awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which had important applications in the construction of atomic clocks. A physics professor at Harvard University for most of his career, Ramsey also held several posts with such government and international agencies as NATO and the United States Atomic Energy Commission. Among his other accomplishments are helping to found the United States Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory and Fermilab.
- Born
- 1915-08-27, Washington, D.C., USAA Friday
- Died
- 2011-11-04, Wayland, USAA Friday, aged 96
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Aries
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1915-08-27, Washington, D.C., USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 3°19′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 7°54′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 15°40′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 28°57′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 5°21′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Pisces | 26°07′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Cancer | 13°05′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 12°54′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Leo | 1°23′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Cancer | 3°03′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2011-11-04, Wayland, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 11°53′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 4°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 2°38′ | Direct |
| Venus | Sagittarius | 2°51′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 26°39′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 4°23′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Libra | 22°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 1°09′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 28°08′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 5°29′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Norman Foster Ramsey 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.