Mathematician & educator

Seymour Papert

South African mathematician who created the Logo programming language so children could think about thinking.

Born1928-02-29, Pretoria, South AfricaA Wednesday
Died2016-07-31, Blue Hill, United StatesA Sunday, aged 88
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Gemini
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1928-02-29, Pretoria, South Africa · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Johannesburgthe 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
SunPisces9°35′Direct
MoonGemini25°58′Direct
MercuryAquarius29°50′Retrograde
VenusAquarius8°15′Direct
MarsAquarius0°52′Direct
JupiterAries7°43′Direct
SaturnSagittarius18°27′Direct
UranusAries2°01′Direct
NeptuneLeo27°29′Retrograde
PlutoCancer15°08′Retrograde

This is Seymour Papert's chart for 1928-02-29, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2016-07-31, Blue Hill, United States · 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
SunLeo8°51′Direct
MoonCancer10°58′Direct
MercuryVirgo1°23′Direct
VenusLeo23°53′Direct
MarsScorpio29°14′Direct
JupiterVirgo22°00′Direct
SaturnSagittarius9°54′Retrograde
UranusAries24°30′Retrograde
NeptunePisces11°28′Retrograde
PlutoCapricorn15°38′Retrograde

This is Seymour Papert's chart for 2016-07-31, 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 Seymour Papert 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.