Astronaut & physicist

Ronald McNair

Refused to leave a segregated library at nine until they let him borrow books, earned a doctorate in laser physics, and died on Challenger.

Born1950-10-21, Lake City, South Carolina, USAA Saturday
Died1986-01-28, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USAA Tuesday, aged 35
At birthSun in Libra, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1950-10-21, Lake City, South Carolina, 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
SunLibra27°43′Direct
MoonPisces10°42′Direct
MercuryLibra20°17′Direct
VenusLibra21°49′Direct
MarsSagittarius18°27′Direct
JupiterAquarius27°35′Retrograde
SaturnVirgo26°59′Direct
UranusCancer9°28′Retrograde
NeptuneLibra17°29′Direct
PlutoLeo19°37′Direct

This is Ronald McNair's chart for 1950-10-21, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1986-01-28, Cape Canaveral, Florida, 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
SunAquarius8°28′Direct
MoonVirgo11°14′Direct
MercuryAquarius6°09′Direct
VenusAquarius10°38′Direct
MarsScorpio27°17′Direct
JupiterAquarius24°30′Direct
SaturnSagittarius7°42′Direct
UranusSagittarius20°57′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn4°34′Direct
PlutoScorpio7°19′Direct

This is Ronald McNair's chart for 1986-01-28, 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 Ronald McNair 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.