Inventor & painter

Samuel Morse

A professional portrait painter until his forties, when a letter about his wife's death arrived too late for the funeral. He then built the telegraph and the code.

Born1791-04-27, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USAA Wednesday
Died1872-04-02, New York, New York, USAA Tuesday, aged 80
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1791-04-27, Charlestown, 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
SunTaurus7°18′Direct
MoonPisces5°57′Direct
MercuryTaurus22°10′Direct
VenusGemini5°13′Direct
MarsAries26°27′Direct
JupiterVirgo22°13′Retrograde
SaturnAries12°21′Direct
UranusLeo10°10′Direct
NeptuneLibra25°59′Retrograde
PlutoAquarius21°57′Direct

This is Samuel Morse's chart for 1791-04-27, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1872-04-02, New York, New York, 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
SunAries13°15′Direct
MoonAquarius4°19′Direct
MercuryTaurus2°04′Direct
VenusPisces15°53′Direct
MarsAries24°07′Direct
JupiterCancer20°22′Direct
SaturnCapricorn20°39′Direct
UranusCancer27°06′Retrograde
NeptuneAries23°20′Direct
PlutoTaurus18°33′Direct

This is Samuel Morse's chart for 1872-04-02, 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 Samuel Morse 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.