Essayist & lecturer

Ralph Waldo Emerson

The centre of American transcendentalism, and the man who made a living from lecturing on ideas in a country that had not done that before. Self-Reliance is still the argument people have with him.

Born1803-05-25, Boston, Massachusetts, USAA Wednesday
Died1882-04-27, Concord, Massachusetts, USAA Thursday, aged 78
At birthSun in Gemini, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1803-05-25, Boston, Massachusetts, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini3°27′Direct
MoonLeo3°08′Direct
MercuryGemini24°49′Direct
VenusAries27°16′Direct
MarsLeo7°36′Direct
JupiterVirgo25°56′Direct
SaturnVirgo13°56′Direct
UranusLibra7°31′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio22°05′Retrograde
PlutoPisces8°20′Direct

This is Ralph Waldo Emerson's chart for 1803-05-25, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1882-04-27, Concord, Massachusetts, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus7°17′Direct
MoonVirgo3°44′Direct
MercuryTaurus1°59′Direct
VenusTaurus23°49′Direct
MarsCancer24°26′Direct
JupiterGemini1°14′Direct
SaturnTaurus14°33′Direct
UranusVirgo14°40′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus15°55′Direct
PlutoTaurus28°17′Direct

This is Ralph Waldo Emerson's chart for 1882-04-27, 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 Ralph Waldo Emerson 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.