Physicist

Wilhelm Rontgen

Discovered X-rays in 1895, refused to patent them so anybody could use them, and won the first Nobel Prize in Physics.

Born1845-03-27, Remscheid, GermanyA Thursday
Died1923-02-10, Munich, GermanyA Saturday, aged 77
At birthSun in Aries, Moon in Scorpio

Birth Chart

1845-03-27, Remscheid, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunAries6°39′Direct
MoonScorpio23°47′Direct
MercuryAries11°28′Direct
VenusPisces23°41′Direct
MarsCapricorn11°32′Direct
JupiterAries14°27′Direct
SaturnAquarius15°55′Direct
UranusAries6°13′Direct
NeptuneAquarius24°55′Direct
PlutoAries23°01′Direct

This is Wilhelm Rontgen's chart for 1845-03-27, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1923-02-10, Munich, Germany · time unknown, noon chart

Europe/Berlinthe 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
SunAquarius20°41′Direct
MoonSagittarius17°04′Direct
MercuryCapricorn29°11′Direct
VenusCapricorn3°59′Direct
MarsAries14°33′Direct
JupiterScorpio18°06′Direct
SaturnLibra19°59′Retrograde
UranusPisces12°16′Direct
NeptuneLeo16°41′Retrograde
PlutoCancer9°24′Retrograde

This is Wilhelm Rontgen's chart for 1923-02-10, 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 Wilhelm Rontgen 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.