Mathematician
Richard Borcherds
Monstrous moonshine, and a Fields Medal for proving it.
Richard Ewen Borcherds is a British mathematician currently working in quantum field theory. He is known for his work in lattices, group theory, and infinite-dimensional algebras, for which he was awarded the Fields Medal in 1998. He is well known for his proof of monstrous moonshine using ideas from string theory.
- Born
- 1959-11-29, Cape Town, South AfricaA Sunday
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1959-11-29, Cape Town, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart
Africa/Johannesburgthe zone used then
Africa/JohannesburgThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 6°26′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 22°52′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 25°34′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 20°43′ | Direct |
| Mars | Scorpio | 26°55′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 11°26′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Capricorn | 5°42′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Leo | 21°04′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 7°45′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 6°08′ | Direct |
Richard Borcherds 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 Richard Borcherds 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.