Rocket engineer

Robert Goddard

Launched the first liquid-fuelled rocket in 1926 and was mocked by the New York Times for suggesting rockets could work in a vacuum. They retracted it in 1969.

Born1882-10-05, Worcester, Massachusetts, USAA Thursday
Died1945-08-10, Baltimore, Maryland, USAA Friday, aged 62
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1882-10-05, Worcester, 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
SunLibra12°20′Direct
MoonLeo0°44′Direct
MercuryScorpio6°46′Direct
VenusScorpio28°32′Direct
MarsScorpio1°43′Direct
JupiterCancer1°05′Direct
SaturnTaurus25°30′Retrograde
UranusVirgo20°26′Direct
NeptuneTaurus18°20′Retrograde
PlutoGemini0°02′Retrograde

This is Robert Goddard's chart for 1882-10-05, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1945-08-10, Baltimore, Maryland, 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
SunLeo17°38′Direct
MoonVirgo18°34′Direct
MercuryVirgo4°07′Retrograde
VenusCancer7°00′Direct
MarsGemini12°18′Direct
JupiterVirgo27°09′Direct
SaturnCancer18°46′Direct
UranusGemini16°39′Direct
NeptuneLibra4°28′Direct
PlutoLeo10°06′Direct

This is Robert Goddard's chart for 1945-08-10, 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 Robert Goddard 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
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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.