Palaeontologist & essayist
Stephen Jay Gould
Proposed punctuated equilibrium with Niles Eldredge, and wrote three hundred consecutive monthly essays for Natural History without missing one.
Stephen Jay Gould was an American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, historian of science, and one of the most widely read authors of popular science of his generation. Gould spent most of his career teaching at Harvard University and working at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In 1996, Gould was hired as the Vincent Astor Visiting Research Professor of Biology at New York University, after which he divided his time teaching between there and Harvard.
- Born
- 1941-09-10, New York, New York, USAA Wednesday
- Died
- 2002-05-20, New York, New York, USAA Monday, aged 60
- At birth
- Sun in Virgo, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1941-09-10, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
America/New_YorkThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Virgo | 17°32′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 13°09′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Libra | 5°47′ | Direct |
| Venus | Libra | 24°39′ | Direct |
| Mars | Aries | 23°36′ | Retrograde |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 20°01′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 28°32′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 0°20′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Virgo | 27°03′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 5°06′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2002-05-20, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Taurus | 29°27′ | Direct |
| Moon | Virgo | 10°37′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 9°05′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Cancer | 0°07′ | Direct |
| Mars | Gemini | 24°49′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Cancer | 14°21′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 15°54′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Aquarius | 28°45′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Aquarius | 10°58′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Sagittarius | 16°44′ | Retrograde |
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.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.