Painter

Thomas Gainsborough

Painted portraits for money and landscapes for pleasure, and complained about it constantly in letters. He was a founding member of the Royal Academy.

Born1727-05-14, Sudbury, Suffolk, EnglandA Wednesday
Died1788-08-02, London, EnglandA Saturday, aged 61
At birthSun in Taurus, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1727-05-14, Sudbury, Suffolk, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunTaurus23°02′Direct
MoonPisces8°20′Direct
MercuryTaurus4°19′Direct
VenusGemini20°30′Direct
MarsTaurus1°46′Direct
JupiterTaurus11°45′Direct
SaturnAquarius15°03′Direct
UranusScorpio15°27′Retrograde
NeptuneGemini5°25′Direct
PlutoLibra2°56′Retrograde

This is Thomas Gainsborough's chart for 1727-05-14, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1788-08-02, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunLeo10°43′Direct
MoonLeo18°21′Direct
MercuryLeo11°17′Retrograde
VenusLeo19°19′Retrograde
MarsVirgo24°15′Direct
JupiterCancer15°54′Direct
SaturnPisces9°30′Retrograde
UranusLeo1°10′Direct
NeptuneLibra18°39′Direct
PlutoAquarius16°40′Retrograde

This is Thomas Gainsborough's chart for 1788-08-02, 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 Thomas Gainsborough 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
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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.