Astronomer

Simon Newcomb

Recalculated the positions of the planets, and the tables were used until 1984.

Born
1835-03-12, Wallace, CanadaA Thursday
Died
1909-07-11, Washington, D.C., USAA Sunday, aged 74
At birth
Sun in Pisces, Moon in Leo
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1835-03-12, Wallace, Canada · time unknown, noon chart

America/Halifaxthe zone used then

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

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Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces21°23′Direct
MoonLeo21°08′Direct
MercuryPisces18°23′Retrograde
VenusAquarius5°02′Direct
MarsCancer7°45′Direct
JupiterGemini4°51′Direct
SaturnLibra21°52′Retrograde
UranusAquarius27°56′Direct
NeptuneAquarius3°00′Direct
PlutoAries12°46′Direct

This is Simon Newcomb's chart for 1835-03-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1909-07-11, Washington, D.C., 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♄☽♇☿♆☉♀♃♅℞♂ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer18°42′Direct
MoonTaurus7°17′Direct
MercuryGemini28°04′Direct
VenusLeo8°34′Direct
MarsPisces25°58′Direct
JupiterVirgo11°11′Direct
SaturnAries22°42′Direct
UranusCapricorn19°06′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer16°53′Direct
PlutoGemini25°54′Direct

This is Simon Newcomb's chart for 1909-07-11, 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 Simon Newcomb 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.