Physicist
Sean Carroll
Theoretical physicist working on cosmology and the foundations of quantum mechanics, and a prolific writer and podcaster. Born in Philadelphia.
Sean Michael Carroll is an American theoretical physicist who specializes in quantum mechanics, cosmology, and the philosophy of science. He is the Homewood Professor of Natural Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. He was formerly a research professor at the Walter Burke Institute for Theoretical Physics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) department of physics. He also is currently an external professor at the Santa Fe Institute, and he has been a contributor to the physics blog Cosmic Variance, where he has published in scientific journals such as Nature as well as other publications, including The New York Times, Sky & Telescope, and New Scientist. He is known for his atheism, his vocal critique of theism and defense of naturalism. He is considered a prolific public speaker and science popularizer. In 2007, Carroll was named NSF Distinguished Lecturer by the National Science Foundation.
- Born
- 1966-10-05, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USAA Wednesday
- At birth
- Sun in Libra, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1966-10-05, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Libra | 11°57′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 19°04′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 29°37′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 3°07′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 25°41′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 1°09′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Pisces | 25°03′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Virgo | 21°24′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Scorpio | 20°29′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Virgo | 19°06′ | Direct |
Sean Carroll is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Sean Carroll 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.
