Astronomer

Percival Lowell

Convinced himself Mars was covered in canals built by a dying civilisation, and founded the observatory where Pluto was later found by looking for the planet he had predicted.

Born1855-03-13, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Tuesday
Died1916-11-12, Flagstaff, Arizona, USAA Sunday, aged 61
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1855-03-13, Boston, Massachusetts, 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
SunPisces22°34′Direct
MoonCapricorn20°23′Direct
MercuryPisces8°58′Retrograde
VenusAries14°06′Direct
MarsPisces28°37′Direct
JupiterAquarius19°34′Direct
SaturnGemini9°53′Direct
UranusTaurus13°48′Direct
NeptunePisces15°54′Direct
PlutoTaurus2°18′Direct

This is Percival Lowell's chart for 1855-03-13, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1916-11-12, Flagstaff, Arizona, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Phoenixthe 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
SunScorpio20°04′Direct
MoonGemini24°15′Direct
MercuryScorpio13°26′Direct
VenusLibra11°37′Direct
MarsSagittarius15°48′Direct
JupiterAries27°48′Retrograde
SaturnLeo0°36′Retrograde
UranusAquarius15°54′Direct
NeptuneLeo4°53′Retrograde
PlutoCancer4°08′Retrograde

This is Percival Lowell's chart for 1916-11-12, 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 Percival Lowell 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
Ring, where you were bornTap a line for what it meansZoom with the buttons · full screen to pinch, drag and rotate

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.