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Portrait of Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Theoretical physicist

German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of relativity and won the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics. He died in Princeton, New Jersey, in 1955.

Born
March 14, 1879 · died 1955
Time
11:30 AM
Place
Ulm, Germany
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Sun

Pisces

at 23°30′

Moon

Sagittarius

at 14°32′

Rising

Cancer

at 11°38′

Notes on this chart

The Sun’s limit was different in 1879. The obliquity of the ecliptic, the tilt that decides how far north and south the Sun can reach, was 23.46° on this date and is very slightly smaller now, shrinking by roughly a hundredth of a degree each century. Out-of-bounds judgments here are measured against the value for the date itself, and this chart gets that one.

The Moon was out of bounds against it, at 26.36° south of the celestial equator, 2.90° beyond the line. The verdict would be the same on a modern number, but the arithmetic is done with the one that was true at the time.

Four classical planets share the tenth house: the Sun, Mercury, Venus, and Saturn, with three of the four in Aries. The chart also carries a yod, two quincunxes converging from Mercury and the North Node onto Uranus. That figure is only computed when a birth time is on record. Neptune, at 7°52′ Taurus, is unaspected, and sits out the whole arrangement.

Every placement, to the arcminute

The sky over Ulm, Germany at 11:30 AM on March 14, 1879. Tropical · Placidus houses.

BodySignPositionHouseMotion
Sun Pisces23°30′ Pisces10thDirect
Moon Sagittarius14°32′ Sagittarius6thDirect
Mercury Aries3°09′ Aries10thDirect
Venus Aries16°59′ Aries10thDirect
Mars Capricorn26°55′ Capricorn7thDirect
Jupiter Aquarius27°29′ Aquarius9thDirect
Saturn Aries4°11′ Aries10thDirect
Uranus Virgo1°17′ Virgo3rd Retrograde
Neptune Taurus7°52′ Taurus11thDirect
Pluto Taurus24°44′ Taurus11thDirect
Chiron Taurus5°33′ Taurus11thDirect
Black Moon Lilith Aries27°59′ Aries11thDirect · mean
North Node Aquarius1°29′ Aquarius8th Retrograde · mean
South Node Leo1°29′ Leo2nd Retrograde · mean
AscendantCancer11°38′ Cancer1st·
MidheavenPisces12°50′ Pisces10th·

The Moon that night

Disseminating Moon

58% lit and releasing light. A sky past its peak: distilling, not building.

The shape of this sky

The ten classical planets, weighed by element and modality.

Elements

  • Fire
  • Earth
  • Air
  • Water

Modalities

  • Cardinal
  • Fixed
  • Mutable

Marks of the moment

  • Born under a Disseminating Moon
  • A day birth, by sect
  • 1 planet was retrograde
  • Houses computed in Placidus

How the planets sit with each other

Aspects are the working relationships in a chart, listed tightest first. A smaller orb is a stronger contact.

Tension

Squares and oppositions: friction that makes the engine turn.

  • Mars square Black Moon Lilith 1°04′· applying
  • Moon square Midheaven 1°42′· angle contact
  • Jupiter square Pluto 2°46′· separating
  • Jupiter opposition Uranus 3°48′· applying

Flow

Trines and sextiles: what runs easily, sometimes too easily.

  • Jupiter sextile Black Moon Lilith 0°30′· applying
  • Sun sextile Pluto 1°13′· applying
  • Mercury sextile North Node 1°40′· separating
  • Mars trine Pluto 2°11′· separating
  • Moon trine Venus 2°28′· applying
  • Sun sextile Mars 3°24′· applying

Fused

Conjunctions: planets standing so close they act as one.

  • Mercury conjunction Saturn 1°03′· applying
  • Neptune conjunction Chiron 2°20′· applying
The full aspect grid

The astrologer’s aspectarian: each glyph on the stair names its row and its column. Hover any symbol for the contact in words.

Sun Sun
Moon Moon
Mercury Mercury
Venus Moon Trine Venus, orb 2.5° Venus
Mars Sun Sextile Mars, orb 3.4° Mars
Jupiter Jupiter
Saturn Mercury Conjunction Saturn, orb 1.0° Saturn
Uranus Jupiter Opposition Uranus, orb 3.8° Uranus
Neptune Neptune
Pluto Sun Sextile Pluto, orb 1.2° Mars Trine Pluto, orb 2.2° Jupiter Square Pluto, orb 2.8° Pluto
Chiron Neptune Conjunction Chiron, orb 2.3° Chiron
Black Moon Lilith Mars Square Black Moon Lilith, orb 1.1° Jupiter Sextile Black Moon Lilith, orb 0.5° Black Moon Lilith
North Node Mercury Sextile North Node, orb 1.7° North Node
Ascendant Ascendant
Midheaven Moon Square Midheaven, orb 1.7° Midheaven

Named shapes in this sky

Configurations detected from the aspects above; nothing here was assumed.

Stellium in Aries

Mercury Venus Saturn

Three or more planets gathered in one sign: one theme, turned up loud.

Yod

Mercury North Node Uranus (apex)

Two quincunxes converging on one apex: an itch the chart keeps adjusting toward.

House cusps

Placidus houses from the recorded time. The 1st cusp is the Ascendant.

1st 11°38′ Cancer
2nd 28°36′ Cancer
3rd 17°48′ Leo
4th 12°50′ Virgo
5th 18°19′ Libra
6th 3°06′ Sagittarius
7th 11°38′ Capricorn
8th 28°36′ Capricorn
9th 17°48′ Aquarius
10th 12°50′ Pisces
11th 18°19′ Aries
12th 3°06′ Gemini

Who else lives under this sky

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Albert’s sky, beside yours

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Albert

  • Sun in Pisces
  • Moon in Sagittarius
  • Cancer Rising
  • Born March 14, 1879 · Ulm, Germany

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