Rocket engineer

Wernher von Braun

Designed the V-2 using concentration camp labour, was taken to America under Operation Paperclip, and built the Saturn V that reached the Moon.

Born1912-03-23, Wyrzysk, PolandA Saturday
Died1977-06-16, Alexandria, Virginia, USAA Thursday, aged 65
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Taurus

Birth Chart

1912-03-23, Wyrzysk, Poland · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Warsawthe 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
SunAries2°26′Direct
MoonTaurus27°42′Direct
MercuryAries20°07′Direct
VenusPisces5°15′Direct
MarsGemini23°05′Direct
JupiterSagittarius15°16′Direct
SaturnTaurus17°11′Direct
UranusAquarius2°36′Direct
NeptuneCancer21°00′Retrograde
PlutoGemini26°58′Direct

This is Wernher von Braun's chart for 1912-03-23, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1977-06-16, Alexandria, Virginia, 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
SunGemini25°22′Direct
MoonGemini24°17′Direct
MercuryGemini10°12′Direct
VenusTaurus9°39′Direct
MarsTaurus7°48′Direct
JupiterGemini16°29′Direct
SaturnLeo13°34′Direct
UranusScorpio8°03′Retrograde
NeptuneSagittarius14°28′Retrograde
PlutoLibra11°24′Retrograde

This is Wernher von Braun's chart for 1977-06-16, 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 Wernher von Braun 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.