Astrophysicist

Thomas Gold

Steady state cosmology, pulsars as neutron stars, and a lifetime of unpopular correct guesses.

Born
1920-05-22, Vienna, AustriaA Saturday
Died
2004-06-22, Ithaca, USAA Tuesday, aged 84
At birth
Sun in Gemini, Moon in Cancer
Birth-time source
No birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1920-05-22, Vienna, Austria · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Viennathe zone used then

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

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♅♀☿☉♇☽♆♃♄♂℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunGemini0°59′Direct
MoonCancer28°54′Direct
MercuryTaurus26°31′Direct
VenusTaurus19°28′Direct
MarsLibra21°51′Retrograde
JupiterLeo11°28′Direct
SaturnVirgo5°01′Direct
UranusPisces5°31′Direct
NeptuneLeo9°02′Direct
PlutoCancer6°23′Direct

This is Thomas Gold's chart for 1920-05-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

2004-06-22, Ithaca, 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

The chart

The Ascendant is on the left, and the zodiac runs anticlockwise from it. Tap a planet to read what it is doing.

Birth chart wheel♈︎♉︎♊︎♋︎♌︎♍︎♎︎♏︎♐︎♑︎♒︎♓︎123456789101112♀℞☉☿♄♂☽♃♇℞♆℞♅℞ASC

Where several planets sit within a few degrees their glyphs are spread apart to stay readable. The coloured tick on the ring marks each one's true degree, and every aspect line is drawn from the true position.

Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunCancer1°33′Direct
MoonLeo24°45′Direct
MercuryCancer6°10′Direct
VenusGemini10°40′Retrograde
MarsCancer29°14′Direct
JupiterVirgo12°13′Direct
SaturnCancer14°45′Direct
UranusPisces6°44′Retrograde
NeptuneAquarius15°03′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius20°36′Retrograde

This is Thomas Gold's chart for 2004-06-22, 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 Gold 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.