Political writer
Thomas Paine
Wrote Common Sense, which sold in numbers proportionally unmatched since and turned colonial grievance into revolution. He died in New York with six people at his funeral.
Thomas Paine was an English-born American Founding Father, inventor, political philosopher, and statesman. His pamphlets Common Sense (1776) and The American Crisis (1776 to 1783) framed the Patriot argument for independence from Great Britain at the outset of the American Revolution. Paine advanced Enlightenment-era arguments for human rights that shaped revolutionary discourse on both sides of the Atlantic.
- Born
- 1737-02-09, Thetford, Norfolk, EnglandA Saturday
- Died
- 1809-06-08, New York, New York, USAA Thursday, aged 72
- At birth
- Sun in Aquarius, Moon in Gemini
- Nationality
- United States
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
Died
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1737-02-09, Thetford, Norfolk, England · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Londonthe zone used then
Europe/LondonThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aquarius | 20°52′ | Direct |
| Moon | Gemini | 7°15′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Pisces | 8°56′ | Direct |
| Venus | Aries | 0°54′ | Direct |
| Mars | Taurus | 15°51′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 27°48′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Gemini | 4°48′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Capricorn | 0°42′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Gemini | 26°01′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Scorpio | 0°56′ | Retrograde |
Death Chart
1809-06-08, New York, New York, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 17°23′ | Direct |
| Moon | Aries | 28°59′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 11°13′ | Direct |
| Venus | Taurus | 25°09′ | Retrograde |
| Mars | Libra | 11°11′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aries | 18°20′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Scorpio | 29°16′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Scorpio | 6°06′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Sagittarius | 5°09′ | Retrograde |
| Pluto | Pisces | 15°52′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Thomas Paine 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.