Explorer & courtier

Walter Raleigh

Favoured by Elizabeth, imprisoned by James, and finally beheaded after a failed expedition to find El Dorado. He asked to see the axe first.

Born1552-01-22, East Budleigh, Devon, EnglandA Tuesday
Died1618-10-29, London, EnglandA Monday, aged 66
At birthSun in Aquarius, Moon in Leo

Birth Chart

1552-01-22, East Budleigh, Devon, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunAquarius1°31′Direct
MoonLeo9°38′Direct
MercuryCapricorn27°51′Direct
VenusCapricorn2°11′Direct
MarsCapricorn22°40′Direct
JupiterCancer28°09′Retrograde
SaturnAquarius21°38′Direct
UranusLibra12°50′Retrograde
NeptuneTaurus8°05′Direct
PlutoAquarius28°10′Direct

This is Walter Raleigh's chart for 1552-01-22, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1618-10-29, London, England · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Londonthe 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
SunScorpio5°59′Direct
MoonPisces9°59′Direct
MercuryScorpio18°56′Retrograde
VenusSagittarius18°37′Direct
MarsVirgo2°08′Direct
JupiterAquarius27°55′Direct
SaturnGemini6°54′Retrograde
UranusCancer23°30′Direct
NeptuneLibra8°12′Direct
PlutoTaurus10°37′Retrograde

This is Walter Raleigh's chart for 1618-10-29, 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 Walter Raleigh 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.