Astronaut
Ulf Merbold
The first West German in space and the first non-American on a shuttle.
Ulf Dietrich Merbold is a German physicist and astronaut who flew to space three times, becoming the first West German citizen in space and the first non-American to fly on a NASA spacecraft. Merbold flew on two Space Shuttle missions and on a Russian mission to the space station Mir, spending a total of 49 days in space.
- Born
- 1941-06-20, Greiz, GermanyA Friday
- At birth
- Sun in Gemini, Moon in Taurus
- Nationality
- Nazi Germany
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1941-06-20, Greiz, Germany · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Berlinthe zone used then
Europe/BerlinThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Gemini | 28°39′ | Direct |
| Moon | Taurus | 9°48′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Cancer | 15°39′ | Retrograde |
| Venus | Cancer | 15°12′ | Direct |
| Mars | Pisces | 22°55′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Gemini | 5°45′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Taurus | 23°15′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Taurus | 28°05′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Virgo | 24°57′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 2°54′ | Direct |
Ulf Merbold 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 Ulf Merbold 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.