Theoretical physicist

Stephen Hawking

Showed that black holes emit radiation and are therefore not entirely black. Diagnosed with motor neurone disease at 21 and given two years; he worked for another fifty-five.

Born1942-01-08, Oxford, EnglandA Thursday
Died2018-03-14, Cambridge, EnglandA Wednesday, aged 76
At birthSun in Capricorn, Moon in Virgo
TimezoneEurope/LondonHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1942-01-08, Oxford, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCapricorn17°32′Direct
MoonVirgo25°07′Direct
MercuryCapricorn28°02′Direct
VenusAquarius20°46′Direct
MarsAries28°18′Direct
JupiterGemini12°41′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus21°50′Retrograde
UranusTaurus26°38′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo29°51′Retrograde
PlutoLeo5°00′Retrograde

Death Chart

2018-03-14, Cambridge, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/London

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunPisces23°50′Direct
MoonAquarius18°39′Direct
MercuryAries12°04′Direct
VenusAries9°20′Direct
MarsSagittarius28°09′Direct
JupiterScorpio23°10′Retrograde
SaturnCapricorn8°10′Direct
UranusAries26°33′Direct
NeptunePisces14°18′Direct
PlutoCapricorn20°54′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Stephen Hawking 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.