Sociologist & activist

W. E. B. Du Bois

The first Black person to earn a doctorate at Harvard, co-founder of the NAACP, and author of The Souls of Black Folk. He died in Ghana the day before the March on Washington.

Born1868-02-23, Great Barrington, Massachusetts, USAA Sunday
Died1963-08-27, Accra, GhanaA Tuesday, aged 95
At birthSun in Pisces, Moon in Pisces

Birth Chart

1868-02-23, Great Barrington, 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
SunPisces4°24′Direct
MoonPisces5°36′Direct
MercuryPisces22°08′Direct
VenusAries9°54′Direct
MarsAquarius22°04′Direct
JupiterPisces16°32′Direct
SaturnSagittarius5°21′Direct
UranusCancer9°00′Retrograde
NeptuneAries13°18′Direct
PlutoTaurus14°15′Direct

This is W. E. B. Du Bois's chart for 1868-02-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1963-08-27, Accra, Ghana · time unknown, noon chart

Africa/Accrathe 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
SunVirgo3°29′Direct
MoonSagittarius5°49′Direct
MercuryLibra0°31′Direct
VenusVirgo2°47′Direct
MarsLibra19°34′Direct
JupiterAries18°57′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius18°42′Retrograde
UranusVirgo5°31′Direct
NeptuneScorpio13°10′Direct
PlutoVirgo11°36′Direct

This is W. E. B. Du Bois's chart for 1963-08-27, 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 W. E. B. Du Bois 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
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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.