Physicist

Vikram Sarabhai

Founder of the Indian space programme, who launched the first rocket from a village church in Kerala.

Born1919-08-12, Ahmedabad, IndiaA Tuesday
Died1971-12-30, Thiruvananthapuram, IndiaA Thursday, aged 52
At birthSun in Leo, Moon in Aquarius
Birth-time sourceNo birth time on record: Rodden X

Birth Chart

1919-08-12, Ahmedabad, India · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Kolkatathe 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
SunLeo18°29′Direct
MoonAquarius25°11′Direct
MercuryLeo24°21′Retrograde
VenusVirgo25°13′Direct
MarsCancer22°53′Direct
JupiterLeo2°10′Direct
SaturnLeo29°57′Direct
UranusPisces0°10′Retrograde
NeptuneLeo9°24′Direct
PlutoCancer7°10′Direct

This is Vikram Sarabhai's chart for 1919-08-12, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1971-12-30, Thiruvananthapuram, India · time unknown, noon chart

Asia/Kolkatathe 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
SunCapricorn7°54′Direct
MoonGemini17°16′Direct
MercurySagittarius15°32′Direct
VenusAquarius8°39′Direct
MarsAries2°15′Direct
JupiterSagittarius21°57′Direct
SaturnGemini0°31′Retrograde
UranusLibra18°03′Direct
NeptuneSagittarius4°02′Direct
PlutoLibra2°02′Direct

This is Vikram Sarabhai's chart for 1971-12-30, 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 Vikram Sarabhai 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.