Philosopher

Thomas Nagel

American philosopher of consciousness, best known for the essay What Is It Like to Be a Bat?

Born1937-07-04, Belgrade, Kingdom of HungaryA Sunday
At birthSun in Cancer, Moon in Taurus
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1937-07-04, Belgrade, Kingdom of Hungary · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Belgradethe 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
SunCancer12°01′Direct
MoonTaurus20°41′Direct
MercuryCancer7°10′Direct
VenusTaurus26°32′Direct
MarsScorpio19°51′Direct
JupiterCapricorn23°47′Retrograde
SaturnAries4°59′Direct
UranusTaurus12°50′Direct
NeptuneVirgo16°32′Direct
PlutoCancer27°50′Direct

This is Thomas Nagel's chart for 1937-07-04, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Thomas Nagel 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 Nagel 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.