Astronaut
Piers Sellers
A climate scientist who flew three times and wrote about his own terminal diagnosis.
Piers John Sellers was a British-American meteorologist, NASA astronaut and Director of the Earth Science Division at NASA/GSFC. He was a veteran of three Space Shuttle missions. Sellers attended Cranbrook School, Cranbrook, Kent, United Kingdom, until 1973, and achieved a bachelor's degree in ecological science from the University of Edinburgh in 1976. In 1981 he gained a doctorate in biometeorology from the University of Leeds. In 2011, Sellers retired from the NASA Astronaut Corps.
- Born
- 1955-04-11, Crowborough War Memorial Hospital, EnglandA Monday
- Died
- 2016-12-23, Houston, USAA Friday, aged 61
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1955-04-11, Crowborough War Memorial Hospital, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 20°49′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 7°32′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 8°44′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 14°17′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 0°21′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 20°54′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 19°49′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 23°38′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 27°02′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 24°27′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2016-12-23, Houston, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Capricorn | 2°20′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 1°42′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Capricorn | 13°22′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Aquarius | 18°24′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 3°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Libra | 20°11′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 20°25′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aries | 20°34′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 9°33′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 16°39′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Piers Sellers 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.