Rocket engineer

Sergei Korolev

Ran the Soviet space programme in total secrecy, known publicly only as the Chief Designer. He had spent six years in the gulag, including in a Kolyma gold mine.

Born1907-01-12, Zhytomyr, UkraineA Saturday
Died1966-01-14, Moscow, RussiaA Friday, aged 59
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Sagittarius

Birth Chart

1907-01-12, Zhytomyr, Ukraine · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Kievthe 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
SunCapricorn21°03′Direct
MoonSagittarius25°21′Direct
MercuryCapricorn8°05′Direct
VenusSagittarius8°11′Direct
MarsScorpio15°46′Direct
JupiterCancer4°03′Retrograde
SaturnPisces11°20′Direct
UranusCapricorn9°20′Direct
NeptuneCancer10°58′Retrograde
PlutoGemini22°14′Retrograde

This is Sergei Korolev's chart for 1907-01-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1966-01-14, Moscow, Russia · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Moscowthe 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
SunCapricorn23°44′Direct
MoonScorpio0°28′Direct
MercuryCapricorn9°49′Direct
VenusAquarius12°15′Retrograde
MarsAquarius17°25′Direct
JupiterGemini22°54′Retrograde
SaturnPisces13°34′Direct
UranusVirgo19°26′Retrograde
NeptuneScorpio21°45′Direct
PlutoVirgo18°18′Retrograde

This is Sergei Korolev's chart for 1966-01-14, 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 Sergei Korolev 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.