Naturalist

Spencer Fullerton Baird

Built the Smithsonian's collections from almost nothing.

Born
1823-02-03, Reading, USAA Monday
Died
1887-08-19, Woods Hole, USAA Friday, aged 64
At birth
Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Scorpio
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1823-02-03, Reading, 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.

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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
SunAquarius14°07′Direct
MoonScorpio22°29′Direct
MercuryPisces2°22′Direct
VenusAquarius24°07′Direct
MarsAquarius24°58′Direct
JupiterTaurus26°49′Direct
SaturnTaurus4°04′Direct
UranusCapricorn9°33′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn6°20′Direct
PlutoPisces29°24′Direct

This is Spencer Fullerton Baird's chart for 1823-02-03, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1887-08-19, Woods Hole, 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
SunLeo26°20′Direct
MoonVirgo2°50′Direct
MercuryLeo8°10′Direct
VenusLibra3°45′Direct
MarsCancer25°13′Direct
JupiterScorpio0°29′Direct
SaturnLeo0°06′Direct
UranusLibra10°05′Direct
NeptuneGemini0°01′Direct
PlutoGemini4°58′Direct

This is Spencer Fullerton Baird's chart for 1887-08-19, 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 Spencer Fullerton Baird 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.

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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.