Palaeontologist & essayist

Stephen Jay Gould

Proposed punctuated equilibrium with Niles Eldredge, and wrote three hundred consecutive monthly essays for Natural History without missing one.

Born1941-09-10, New York, New York, USAA Wednesday
Died2002-05-20, New York, New York, USAA Monday, aged 60
At birthSun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1941-09-10, New York, New York, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunVirgo17°32′Direct
MoonTaurus13°09′Direct
MercuryLibra5°47′Direct
VenusLibra24°39′Direct
MarsAries23°36′Retrograde
JupiterGemini20°01′Direct
SaturnTaurus28°32′Direct
UranusGemini0°20′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo27°03′Direct
PlutoLeo5°06′Direct

This is Stephen Jay Gould's chart for 1941-09-10, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2002-05-20, New York, New York, 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
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunTaurus29°27′Direct
MoonVirgo10°37′Direct
MercuryGemini9°05′Retrograde
VenusCancer0°07′Direct
MarsGemini24°49′Direct
JupiterCancer14°21′Direct
SaturnGemini15°54′Direct
UranusAquarius28°45′Direct
NeptuneAquarius10°58′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius16°44′Retrograde

This is Stephen Jay Gould's chart for 2002-05-20, 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 Stephen Jay Gould 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.