Astronomer
Reinhard Genzel
German astronomer who showed a supermassive black hole sits at the centre of the Milky Way, and a Nobel laureate.
Reinhard Genzel is a German astrophysicist, co-director of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, a professor at LMU Munich and an emeritus professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He was awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy", which he shared with Andrea Ghez and Roger Penrose. In a 2021 interview given to Federal University of Pará in Brazil, Genzel recalls his journey as a physicist; the influence of his father, Ludwig Genzel; his experiences working with Charles H. Townes; and more.
- Born
- 1952-03-24, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, GermanyA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Aries, Moon in Pisces
- Nationality
- Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1952-03-24, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 3°45′ | Direct |
| Moon | Pisces | 15°18′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 20°07′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 9°40′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 18°28′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 21°30′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Libra | 12°14′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Cancer | 9°55′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 20°48′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Leo | 19°24′ | Retrograde |
Reinhard Genzel is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Reinhard Genzel 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.