Astronomer & composer

William Herschel

Discovered Uranus with a telescope he ground himself, the first planet found since antiquity. He was a working musician who wrote twenty-four symphonies before he turned to the sky.

Born1738-11-15, Hanover, GermanyA Saturday
Died1822-08-25, Slough, EnglandA Sunday, aged 83
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Capricorn

Birth Chart

1738-11-15, Hanover, 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
SunScorpio22°56′Direct
MoonCapricorn13°43′Direct
MercuryScorpio13°46′Direct
VenusCapricorn9°54′Direct
MarsGemini20°09′Retrograde
JupiterAries21°57′Retrograde
SaturnCancer9°38′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn3°57′Direct
NeptuneCancer2°42′Retrograde
PlutoScorpio4°15′Direct

This is William Herschel's chart for 1738-11-15, the day they were born. Cast your own birth chart.

Death Chart

1822-08-25, Slough, 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
SunVirgo1°40′Direct
MoonSagittarius10°42′Direct
MercuryLeo28°50′Direct
VenusLeo1°51′Direct
MarsLibra24°55′Direct
JupiterGemini5°00′Direct
SaturnTaurus10°09′Retrograde
UranusCapricorn3°32′Retrograde
NeptuneCapricorn2°35′Retrograde
PlutoAries0°28′Retrograde

This is William Herschel's chart for 1822-08-25, 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 William Herschel 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.