Ornithologist

Salim Ali

The birdman of India, whose surveys and field guides established ornithology across the subcontinent.

Born1896-11-12, Mumbai, IndiaA Thursday
Died1987-07-27, Mumbai, IndiaA Monday, aged 90
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1896-11-12, Mumbai, India · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Kolkatathe 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
SunScorpio20°25′Direct
MoonAquarius20°53′Direct
MercuryScorpio10°50′Direct
VenusSagittarius22°46′Direct
MarsGemini28°40′Retrograde
JupiterVirgo7°24′Direct
SaturnScorpio21°35′Direct
UranusScorpio24°31′Direct
NeptuneGemini19°39′Retrograde
PlutoGemini13°09′Retrograde

This is Salim Ali's chart for 1896-11-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1987-07-27, Mumbai, India · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Kolkatathe 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
SunLeo3°43′Direct
MoonLeo19°06′Direct
MercuryCancer13°58′Direct
VenusCancer26°17′Direct
MarsLeo13°06′Direct
JupiterAries28°49′Direct
SaturnSagittarius14°57′Retrograde
UranusSagittarius23°14′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn5°53′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio7°10′Direct

This is Salim Ali's chart for 1987-07-27, 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 Salim Ali 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.