Engineer

Rudolf Diesel

Invented the compression ignition engine and intended it to run on peanut oil so small workshops could compete with big steam plants. He vanished from a ferry in the English Channel.

Born1858-03-18, Paris, FranceA Thursday
Died1913-09-29, English ChannelA Monday, aged 55
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1858-03-18, Paris, France · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Paristhe 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
SunPisces27°36′Direct
MoonTaurus6°38′Direct
MercuryPisces20°43′Direct
VenusAries2°04′Direct
MarsScorpio29°10′Direct
JupiterTaurus14°42′Direct
SaturnCancer21°26′Retrograde
UranusTaurus26°03′Direct
NeptunePisces22°33′Direct
PlutoTaurus5°14′Direct

This is Rudolf Diesel's chart for 1858-03-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1913-09-29, English Channel · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLibra5°43′Direct
MoonVirgo25°42′Direct
MercuryLibra15°34′Direct
VenusVirgo3°25′Direct
MarsCancer7°16′Direct
JupiterCapricorn8°58′Direct
SaturnGemini18°10′Direct
UranusAquarius3°41′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer27°56′Direct
PlutoCancer1°08′Direct

This is Rudolf Diesel's chart for 1913-09-29, 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 Rudolf Diesel 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.