Philosopher & logician
Saul Kripke
American logician who reshaped modal logic as a teenager and wrote Naming and Necessity.
Saul Aaron Kripke was an American philosopher and logician. He was a distinguished professor of philosophy at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a professor emeritus at Princeton University. From the 1960s until his death, he was a central figure in a number of fields related to mathematical and modal logic, philosophy of language and mathematics, metaphysics, epistemology, and recursion theory.
- Born
- 1940-11-13, Bay Shore, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2022-09-15, New York City, USAA Thursday, aged 81
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1940-11-13, Bay Shore, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 21°10′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 5°50′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 17°10′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Libra | 14°23′ | Direct |
| Mars | Libra | 25°23′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Taurus | 9°11′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Taurus | 10°30′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 24°15′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 27°06′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 4°19′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
2022-09-15, New York City, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 22°47′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 27°48′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 7°16′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Virgo | 13°00′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 13°52′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 5°09′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Aquarius | 19°42′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Taurus | 18°43′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Pisces | 24°03′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 26°14′ | Retrograde |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Saul Kripke was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.