Chemist
Thomas Cech
American chemist who found that RNA can act as an enzyme, overturning the assumption that only proteins could.
Thomas Robert Cech{{efn|Pronounced "check" is an American chemist who shared the 1989 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Sidney Altman “for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA.”
- Born
- 1947-12-08, Chicago, USAA Monday
- At birth
- Sun in Sagittarius, Moon in Scorpio
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1947-12-08, Chicago, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/Chicagothe zone used then
America/ChicagoThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sagittarius | 15°48′ | Direct |
| Moon | Scorpio | 1°56′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Sagittarius | 1°51′ | Direct |
| Venus | Capricorn | 10°02′ | Direct |
| Mars | Virgo | 2°25′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Sagittarius | 10°00′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Leo | 22°39′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Gemini | 24°29′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 12°36′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 14°50′ | Retrograde |
Thomas Cech is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Thomas Cech 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.