Historian of science

Thomas Kuhn

Wrote The Structure of Scientific Revolutions and gave the world the paradigm shift, a phrase that has been misused ever since.

Born1922-07-18, Cincinnati, Ohio, USAA Tuesday
Died1996-06-17, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USAA Monday, aged 73
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1922-07-18, Cincinnati, Ohio, 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
SunCancer25°12′Direct
MoonTaurus11°29′Direct
MercuryCancer6°18′Direct
VenusVirgo4°05′Direct
MarsSagittarius11°07′Direct
JupiterLibra11°30′Direct
SaturnLibra2°27′Direct
UranusPisces13°15′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo14°55′Direct
PlutoCancer9°58′Direct

This is Thomas Kuhn's chart for 1922-07-18, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1996-06-17, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 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
SunGemini26°43′Direct
MoonCancer14°26′Direct
MercuryGemini4°42′Direct
VenusGemini15°53′Retrograde
MarsGemini3°36′Direct
JupiterCapricorn14°50′Retrograde
SaturnAries6°35′Direct
UranusAquarius3°58′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn27°09′Retrograde
PlutoSagittarius1°03′Retrograde

This is Thomas Kuhn's chart for 1996-06-17, 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 Kuhn 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.