Architect
Zaha Hadid
The first woman to win the Pritzker Prize, and for years an architect whose buildings were considered unbuildable until computing caught up with the drawings.
Dame Zaha Mohammad Hadid was an Iraqi and British architect, artist, and designer. She is recognised as a key figure in the architecture of the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, Hadid studied mathematics as an undergraduate and later enrolled at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in 1972. In search of an alternative to traditional architectural drawing, and influenced by Suprematism and the Russian avant-garde, Hadid adopted painting as a design tool and abstraction as a method to "reinvestigate the aborted and untested experiments of Modernism [...] to unveil new fields of building".
- Born
- 1950-10-31, Baghdad, IraqA Tuesday
- Died
- 2016-03-31, Miami, Florida, USAA Thursday, aged 65
- At birth
- Sun in Scorpio, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- Iraq
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Birth Chart
1950-10-31, Baghdad, Iraq · time unknown, noon chart
Asia/Baghdadthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Scorpio | 7°22′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 7°26′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Scorpio | 6°31′ | Direct |
| Venus | Scorpio | 3°56′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 25°35′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Aquarius | 27°40′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Virgo | 28°03′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Cancer | 9°23′ | Retrograde |
| Neptune | Libra | 17°50′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 19°45′ | Direct |
Death Chart
2016-03-31, Miami, Florida, USA · time unknown, noon chart
America/New_Yorkthe zone used then
The chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Aries | 11°21′ | Direct |
| Moon | Capricorn | 11°43′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Aries | 19°31′ | Direct |
| Venus | Pisces | 23°46′ | Direct |
| Mars | Sagittarius | 7°17′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Virgo | 15°27′ | Retrograde |
| Saturn | Sagittarius | 16°22′ | Retrograde |
| Uranus | Aries | 19°55′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Pisces | 10°39′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Capricorn | 17°24′ | Direct |
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Zaha Hadid was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.
