Economist
Robert C. Merton
The mathematics of option pricing, and a hedge fund that failed spectacularly.
Robert Cox Merton is an American economist, Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences laureate, and professor at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to continuous-time finance, particularly the first continuous-time option pricing model, the Black-Scholes-Merton model.
- Born
- 1944-07-31, New York City, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Leo, Moon in Sagittarius
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1944-07-31, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Leo | 8°17′ | Direct |
| Moon | Sagittarius | 17°05′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Virgo | 3°41′ | Direct |
| Venus | Leo | 17°49′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 12°03′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 1°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 5°11′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 12°09′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 2°05′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 8°20′ | Direct |
Robert C. Merton 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 Robert C. Merton 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.