Astronomer and science communicator

Carl Sagan

Made the case for planetary science to the public and to the people funding it. Wrote the Pale Blue Dot passage about a photograph he had personally argued for.

Born1934-11-09, New York, United StatesA Friday
Died1996-12-20, Seattle, United StatesA Friday, aged 62
At birthSun in Scorpio, Moon in Sagittarius
TimezonesAmerica/New_York · America/Los_AngelesHistorical, for the place and the date. Not the zone that place uses now.

Birth Chart

1934-11-09, New York, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/New_York

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunScorpio16°36′Direct
MoonSagittarius18°52′Direct
MercuryScorpio3°33′Retrograde
VenusScorpio14°17′Direct
MarsVirgo13°01′Direct
JupiterScorpio6°25′Direct
SaturnAquarius21°39′Direct
UranusAries28°45′Retrograde
NeptuneVirgo14°10′Direct
PlutoCancer26°02′Retrograde

Death Chart

1996-12-20, Seattle, United States · time unknown, noon chart

America/Los_Angeles

Ordered-orbit layout: angles come from chart longitudes; orbit radii are fixed by planet order. Moon orbits Earth.

SunMercuryVenusEarthMoonMarsJupiterSaturnUranusNeptunePluto
Planetary placements
BodySignDegreeMotion
SunSagittarius29°13′Direct
MoonTaurus12°00′Direct
MercuryCapricorn18°27′Direct
VenusSagittarius4°29′Direct
MarsVirgo25°09′Direct
JupiterCapricorn22°37′Direct
SaturnAries0°52′Direct
UranusAquarius2°40′Direct
NeptuneCapricorn26°25′Direct
PlutoSagittarius3°59′Direct

Their Astrocartography

Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Carl Sagan 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. Historical times can carry small uncertainties; treat house and ascendant placements accordingly.