Mathematician

Peter Lax

Partial differential equations, shock waves, and an Abel Prize.

Born
1926-05-01, Budapest, HungaryA Saturday
Died
2025-05-16, Manhattan, USAA Friday, aged 99
At birth
Sun in Taurus, Moon in Sagittarius
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1926-05-01, Budapest, Hungary · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Budapestthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♃♂♀♅☿☉♇♆℞♄℞☽ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus10°18′Direct
MoonSagittarius22°51′Direct
MercuryAries13°38′Direct
VenusPisces24°32′Direct
MarsAquarius28°22′Direct
JupiterAquarius23°59′Direct
SaturnScorpio23°44′Retrograde
UranusPisces27°51′Direct
NeptuneLeo21°59′Retrograde
PlutoCancer12°49′Direct

This is Peter Lax's chart for 1926-05-01, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2025-05-16, Manhattan, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♄♆♀☿☉♅♃♂☽♇℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus26°01′Direct
MoonCapricorn10°19′Direct
MercuryTaurus10°58′Direct
VenusAries11°10′Direct
MarsLeo13°07′Direct
JupiterGemini24°37′Direct
SaturnPisces29°19′Direct
UranusTaurus27°13′Direct
NeptuneAries1°32′Direct
PlutoAquarius3°47′Retrograde

This is Peter Lax's chart for 2025-05-16, 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 Peter Lax 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.