Chemist and X-ray crystallographer

Rosalind Franklin

Photograph 51, taken in her laboratory, is the image from which the double helix was read. She died of ovarian cancer at 37, four years before the Nobel that followed from it.

Born1920-07-25, London, EnglandA Sunday
Died1958-04-16, London, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 37
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Sagittarius
TimezoneEurope/LondonHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1920-07-25, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunLeo2°09′Direct
MoonSagittarius1°43′Direct
MercuryLeo5°16′Retrograde
VenusLeo8°08′Direct
MarsScorpio6°28′Direct
JupiterLeo22°55′Direct
SaturnVirgo9°40′Direct
UranusPisces4°54′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo10°55′Direct
PlutoCancer7°55′Direct

Death Chart

1958-04-16, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunAries25°59′Direct
MoonPisces27°21′Direct
MercuryAries26°28′Retrograde
VenusPisces9°47′Direct
MarsAquarius22°11′Direct
JupiterLibra26°53′Retrograde
SaturnSagittarius25°35′Retrograde
UranusLeo7°32′Direct
NeptuneScorpio3°37′Retrograde
PlutoLeo29°56′Retrograde

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Rosalind Franklin 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.