Physicist

Rainer Weiss

German American physicist who designed the interferometer that detected gravitational waves, and a Nobel laureate.

Born1932-09-29, Berlin, Margraviate of BrandenburgA Thursday
Died2025-08-25, Cambridge, United StatesA Monday, aged 92
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Virgo
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1932-09-29, Berlin, Margraviate of Brandenburg · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunLibra6°04′Direct
MoonVirgo25°30′Direct
MercuryLibra6°07′Direct
VenusLeo21°24′Direct
MarsLeo5°11′Direct
JupiterVirgo10°33′Direct
SaturnCapricorn28°07′Retrograde
UranusAries22°00′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo8°46′Direct
PlutoCancer23°19′Direct

This is Rainer Weiss's chart for 1932-09-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2025-08-25, Cambridge, United States · 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
SunVirgo2°42′Direct
MoonLibra0°57′Direct
MercuryLeo16°02′Direct
VenusCancer29°58′Direct
MarsLibra11°49′Direct
JupiterCancer16°42′Direct
SaturnAries0°26′Retrograde
UranusGemini1°24′Direct
NeptuneAries1°30′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius1°53′Retrograde

This is Rainer Weiss's chart for 2025-08-25, 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 Rainer Weiss 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.