Aviation pioneer

Wilbur Wright

The elder brother, and the one who worked out that control, not power, was the unsolved problem of flight. He died of typhoid at forty-five.

Born1867-04-16, Millville, Indiana, USAA Tuesday
Died1912-05-30, Dayton, Ohio, USAA Thursday, aged 45
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Libra

Birth Chart

1867-04-16, Millville, Indiana, USA · time unknown, noon chart

America/Indiana/Indianapolisthe 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
SunAries26°15′Direct
MoonLibra0°09′Direct
MercuryAries0°32′Direct
VenusPisces15°50′Direct
MarsCancer25°50′Direct
JupiterPisces0°20′Direct
SaturnScorpio22°36′Retrograde
UranusCancer4°49′Direct
NeptuneAries13°01′Direct
PlutoTaurus14°12′Direct

This is Wilbur Wright's chart for 1867-04-16, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1912-05-30, Dayton, Ohio, 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
SunGemini8°52′Direct
MoonSagittarius5°46′Direct
MercuryTaurus19°56′Direct
VenusTaurus28°57′Direct
MarsLeo1°23′Direct
JupiterSagittarius10°44′Retrograde
SaturnTaurus25°34′Direct
UranusAquarius3°15′Retrograde
NeptuneCancer21°54′Direct
PlutoGemini28°00′Direct

This is Wilbur Wright's chart for 1912-05-30, 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 Wilbur Wright 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.