Gardener & broadcaster

Percy Thrower

The first television gardener, from 1951, and Blue Peter's gardener for eighteen years, until the garden was vandalised in a story that made the national news.

Born1913-01-30, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, EnglandA Thursday
Died1988-03-18, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, EnglandA Friday, aged 75
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1913-01-30, Little Horwood, Buckinghamshire, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunAquarius10°01′Direct
MoonScorpio24°22′Direct
MercuryAquarius0°41′Direct
VenusPisces26°15′Direct
MarsCapricorn14°55′Direct
JupiterCapricorn6°04′Direct
SaturnTaurus27°10′Direct
UranusAquarius3°52′Direct
NeptuneCancer24°12′Retrograde
PlutoGemini28°18′Retrograde

This is Percy Thrower's chart for 1913-01-30, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1988-03-18, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunPisces28°06′Direct
MoonAries3°52′Direct
MercuryPisces2°44′Direct
VenusTaurus13°16′Direct
MarsCapricorn16°55′Direct
JupiterTaurus2°06′Direct
SaturnCapricorn2°05′Direct
UranusCapricorn0°55′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn10°02′Direct
PlutoScorpio12°16′Retrograde

This is Percy Thrower's chart for 1988-03-18, 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 Percy Thrower 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.