Chemist
Percy Lavon Julian
American chemist who synthesised steroids from soybeans.
Percy Lavon Julian was an American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. Julian was the first person to synthesize the natural product physostigmine, and a pioneer in industrial large-scale chemical synthesis of the human hormones progesterone and testosterone from plant sterols such as stigmasterol and sitosterol. His work laid the foundation for the steroid drug industry's production of cortisone, other corticosteroids, and artificial hormones that led to birth control pills.
- Born
- 1899-04-11, Montgomery, USAA Tuesday
- Died
- 1975-04-19, Waukegan, USAA Saturday, aged 76
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1899-04-11, Montgomery, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 21°37′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 10°33′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 22°38′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Pisces | 12°01′ | Direct |
| Mars | Cancer | 28°36′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Scorpio | 7°05′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 23°36′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Sagittarius | 7°39′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Gemini | 22°24′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Gemini | 14°03′ | Direct |
Death Chart
1975-04-19, Waukegan, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 29°01′ | Direct |
| Moon | Leo | 5°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 29°58′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 6°47′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 6°01′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 7°40′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 13°08′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 0°30′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 11°27′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Libra | 7°18′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Percy Lavon Julian 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.